- Flybe might have made some sense when it was a going concern, but if the aim is to have a UK based regional airline new Flybe makes no sense when you've already got Stobart Air - much of which is standing idle and likely to be for a while. If you were serious you'd be moving now before your competitors get established on your cherry picked routes, or you'd start buying into them if you really thought there was a profitable market there...
Other than the EI franchise, I find the whole Stobart Group aviation strategy baffling (but what do I know!?!)