Flybe-9

[The96er]

Originally Posted by VHF4

Fantastic news for the South West in particular i assume Exeter will be the main base , Let’s hope they can re employ everyone ASAP , Doesn’t say when they might start reemploying, hopefully soon

I think you need to take a reality check !

[VHF4]

Originally Posted by The96er

I think you need to take a reality check !

OK they might not be re employing everyone but they will need to employ the bulk of staff surely .

[runway30]

Originally Posted by Alteagod

Covid was the final in a very long list of final straws. Any future plan to relaunch must start with a total 100% cull of past management not to mention a business model that is stuck too, not trying to be everything to everyone, that just doesn't work.

So exactly what would be the point of relaunching it?

[OzzyOzBorn]

Well very few of the airlines which are still solvent are keeping all their staff ... or, in many cases, even "the bulk" of them. The trading environment prevailing now is way worse than that which applied when FlyBe ceased ops. And rival carriers have staked claims on several of FlyBe's more attractive routes. Certain other routes have not attracted interest for a reason.

I (regrettably) suspect that any revived FlyBe 2.0 will be a very limited operation compared with the original. And it has to be doubtful that it will take to the air at all.

But I would dearly love to be proven wrong.

[JSCL]

Originally Posted by SWBKCB

Engines not running - as simple as rolling down a slope with no brakes?

https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/...rdeen-airport/

I won't lie, that's absolutely hilarious. Pretty sure H&S will have a thing or two to say about staff actions there too.

[TartinTon]

Originally Posted by VHF4

OK they might not be re employing everyone but they will need to employ the bulk of staff surely .

Do you still believe in Father Christmas too? If this happens I'll eat my trousers. This is the same crowd that are trying to prove their "credentials" to get hold of Virgin Australia.

[willy wombat]

This reminds me of when Air Europe, for whom I used to work, went bust. There was a stream of dubious characters and enterprises through the door, all promising a restart. I don’t need to tell you what (didn’t) happen.

[jamestkirk]

An advisor (whatever he/she does at Cyrus) has said they have not given up on flybe but it certainly looked that way pre March 5th.

Now while they are looking at Virgin Australia, are saying that they want to save flybe. Why wasn't this proclamation of commitment made anytime soon from March 5th.

Looks like spin to me but who knows.

[VickersVicount]

.... looks like a fiasco! pardon the spanish music..

Flybe ABZ Loganair collision

[BusterHot]

Re Cyrus

I would humbly suggest you ignore anything anyone from Cyrus Capital says until the first aeroplane pushes back. Rumours doing the rounds towards the end of last year were that Cyrus wanted out. The impression was that Virgin were the driving force (ha ha) while the going was good, Stobart wanted a slice of the regional action and were punching above their weight with another agenda and Cyrus Capital were in it for the short term and wanted to make some quick bucks.

As has been said on multiple forums, the 3 “partners” were very strange bedfellows and while any one of the 3 might have taken a good shot at sorting it out, the fact that all 3 seemed to have different agendas made the whole thing a bit of a farce really.

But the main problem which has been highlighted by numerous people before was that Flybe had too much baggage and a business model that was a joke.

IF, and I hope it happens, someone with an ounce of business common sense and a lot of financial backing steps up and tries to fill the complete void that Flybe’s demise has left, then I’ll be cheering loudly. Too late for me, but there are hundreds of top quality people out there that will be an asset to anyone that takes them on. But will a future organisation use the Dash 8.....................?!!

[Alteagod]

I think even the name Flybehas become a toxic brand around the UK so whatever happens the end result will not be Flybe.

[Startledgrapefruit]

Flylo.......

[JSCL]

Originally Posted by Startledgrapefruit

Flylo.......

Joking aside, imagine if Stelios continued to offload his easy holding and popped up with easyFly.

[BOHEuropean]

Originally Posted by JSCL

Joking aside, imagine if Stelios continued to offload his easy holding and popped up with easyFly.

Fun fact, EasyFly S.A. is a Colombian airline which easyGroup Holdings once sued

[runway30]

It is a joke I have made before, you can fill the space with a BElow cost airline. Sorry!

[cabsav]

The investor who allowed the airline to fold is saying they haven't forgot about the airline they let fold. WTAF

[Set 1013]

Originally Posted by cabsav

The investor who allowed the airline to fold is saying they haven't forgot about the airline they let fold. WTAF

Because it wasn’t this investor that pulled out. It was Virgin that pulled the plug.

regardless, if Flybe raises from the ashes again it won’t have the heavy chains and shackles of the debt and costs of those flipping 195 and 175 holding it back. So in a very unfortunate way it will be a better and stronger company after going through the administration process.

[cabsav]

1013

I’ll believe it when I see it.

[allan1987]

Originally Posted by Set 1013

Because it wasn’t this investor that pulled out. It was Virgin that pulled the plug.

regardless, if Flybe raises from the ashes again it won’t have the heavy chains and shackles of the debt and costs of those flipping 195 and 175 holding it back. So in a very unfortunate way it will be a better and stronger company after going through the administration process.

Thats what I heard that, but wasnt sure at the time, that Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital wants to make this work with franchise agreement with Virgin

[Island Jockey]

The AOC is gone...The resurrection will be the same as a new airline with massive set up costs unless you buy an existing airline with an AOC and no debt.