Did Stelios just try to buy FlyBe?
Rumour has it that in the last week or so Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, disgruntled major shareholder in easyJet, has attempted to buy FlyBe but been rebuffed at his first (last?) time of asking. Sir Stelios has attracted adverse publicity recently by trying to start fastjet.com in direct competition to his own airline easyJet. Perhaps this is the first part of that process. Maybe others within FlyBe might care to comment on these rumours.