Bahrain according to Monday's Southampton Daily Echo but it doesn't make it sound like it has been aborted. Then again The Echo is not renowned in these parts for accurate reporting!
Flybe start Middle East link (From Daily Echo)
In an interview with the Daily Echo, Flybe’s chief commercial officer Mike Rutter revealed a similar venture in Bahrain is on the cards.
“We have developed an excellent concept assisting airlines in setting up new ventures and starting up new airlines and the first of those was the Olympic airline in Greece,” he said.
“It allowed us to lease four aircraft we didn’t need at the bottom of the economic cycle and deploy them profitably to support Olympic.
“We call it a bridge over the recession and we are now about to do a similar venture in Bahrain. It has created a lot of opportunities for us.”
LT