Originally Posted by
fotheringay
Just out of interest, does anybody know what the load factors were when Flybe flew out of Norwich to Alicante and Malaga?
Whatever they are, they are largely immaterial to whether the routes were a success financially. Sell 100 seats at £10 each and you've got £1000 revenue, sell the same 100 seats at £100 and you've got £10000. It's the revenue that counts, not the load factor.
Has anything been discussed about what would happen to Eastern’s operations if Flybe ceased trading?
It would be surprising with such a scenario and it's effect on Eastern had not been discussed by Eastern's management. I suppose it's just conceivable that the addition of three E190 / E195 (delete which not applicable) may be some sort of contingency since they apparently don't have any concrete work for them, at least so far as has been publicly announced.