Thanks Barbara. It would certainly make sense for Flybe to be an all Q400 operator especially if it cannot afford a replacement jet for the outdated and old 146's. But that also means that is will be limited to short range routes. The likes of SOU-PRG and SOU-AGP will have to be scrapped.
But it all adds up to yet another strategy change for the company. It will have gone from Jersey European (dominated by Channel Islands business) to British European (intended to specialise in markets with strong financial services traffic) to Flybe ( a look alike low fare airline with the wrong aircraft for that role) to whatever as a specialist Q400 operator. And that all within five years. Incredible except that it has happened. To me it suggests that the company has been losing money heavily as Flybe and is being forced to retrench into some new core markets.