Originally Posted by
davidjohnson6
Most will be aware that following Sajid Javid's resignation as Chancellor, the Govt is a bit less keen on saving Flybe
Many of the routes that Flybe operate are done with 78 seaters rather than 150+ seat aircraft operated by Easyjet/Ryanair so the like of Eastern may see an opportunity to expand. Would the planned new routes at Teesside still happen or might other more established regional routes from other airports that cannot support a 150 seat aircraft be taken up instead with Teesside "temporarily delayed for operational reasons" ?
Given they’re funded and therefore effectively PSO-type contracted then I think we can be fairly certain they’ll run. Reliability and punctuality has been pretty spot on since the announcement whereas before it was best described as shocking with flights regularly delayed and/or combined with other airports.