..and to add to the pain noted by Flightrider, following the ordered disposal of LGW by BAA and as the airport became more and more capacity constrained (where Flybe were the 4th largest slot holder), costs increased as operators of smaller aircraft were penalised.
A perfect storm which relied to heavily on kicking the ball into the long grass with the hopes that things would be better further down the line.
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