Originally Posted by
Expressflight
Covid-19 must have escaped your attention.
Not at all. It hasn't stopped me flying but I understand why others might not want to. However I see this as an easy excuse being used by the owners as to why they won't save their airline. Look back to SARS, swine fever, bird flu etc..., all come and go and the airlines keep flying.
I think the truth about Stobart Air and the FlyBe routes was that whilst the airport owned the airline, they used it to inflate the airport pax numbers and route network. Now the airline is owned by a consortium, they are happy to dump the SEN routes as they are deeply unprofitable.