Originally Posted by
Gurnard
Absolutely not so. COVID was having no effect upon Flybe in early March and in the previous months. COVID only began to bite after the collapse of Flybe. Those who are connecting Flybe's failure with COVID are putting up a smoke screen. You are correct to point to the financial figures instead.
Bookings were absolutely down in January and February. Loads were reducing by the week before the collapse. The biggest factor in the ultimate demise was Virgin backtracking on investing more money so they could focus on keeping mainline alive.
We all know Flybe was failing and previous management were running it into the ground, but to say Covid didn't have an impact is ludicrous.