Not sure why Air France would be interested in buying Flybe. They are interested in feed to AMS, CDG and LYS, and when push comes to shove, they have Cityjet and the ex Air UK arm of KLM cityhopper to provide that feed. Don't see what Flybe would add to that other than domestic flights in the UK and a LCC-style operation to French regional airports - competition which probably does not warrant buying flybe as Air France was never interested in that type of service. If Air France can add some-code shares on the few hub-services by Flybe as they have already done, that's fine - but other than that I do not see the point buying Flybe. After all, Air France already has a motley collection of regional subsidiaries for all kinds of purposes (Régional, Brit Air, KLM cityhopper, Cityjet, VLM etc.).