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This is a very sad state of affairs. However I have a question which I know will possibly generate healthy debate.
With social media being so much more advanced and customer reaction so sensitive, do the media and their response to such “breaking news” items put the final nail in the coffin? If there was a restriction that would not allow such negative journalism at such times would this make any difference? I ask only because of the sheer volume of customer queries on twitter and Facebook and the unnecessary comments from, what would seem to be, self proclaimed armchair financial experts citing every personal issue with Flybe as their reason for financial difficulty.
I appreciate that the public have the right to know what happens in the country but I do wonder if restrictions may just enable some breathing space?
Look forward to everyone’s thoughts particularly those close to business failures in the past.
With social media being so much more advanced and customer reaction so sensitive, do the media and their response to such “breaking news” items put the final nail in the coffin? If there was a restriction that would not allow such negative journalism at such times would this make any difference? I ask only because of the sheer volume of customer queries on twitter and Facebook and the unnecessary comments from, what would seem to be, self proclaimed armchair financial experts citing every personal issue with Flybe as their reason for financial difficulty.
I appreciate that the public have the right to know what happens in the country but I do wonder if restrictions may just enable some breathing space?
Look forward to everyone’s thoughts particularly those close to business failures in the past.
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The fact that the news about Flybe is now being reported by the BBC will focus the minds of those involved in discussions around new financing. I suspect that by the end of January (and probably earlier), there will be a clear outcome
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remember it also needs to cost more than £100 to be covered. And while you could get your money back, if you actually need to travel you’ll end up needing to rebook and that could be much more expensive by the time you do it.
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I read a lot of commentary that the Flybe model is dead, train being the future etc but those that do say that, clearly do not live in areas where Flybe actually delivers a vital service. Additionally, in the IOM, Flybe has the contract for transportation of medical passengers to Liverpool. There's a big problem ahead not only here, but in other areas/regions in similar situations.
I do wonder also if an 'Administration' process is the best way for Connect to trim the fat here with Flybe and recover out of it the good bits, a smaller fleet, Virgin branded. It's been done before in many other sectors...
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When Flybe was rescued about a year ago, it was on the basis that it was almost bankrupt then.I and I am sure others, were expecting radical changes to routes etc, since it would seem that many of them were losing money, otherwise they would not have been in the position they were in. But what seems to have happened since then has been some cosmetic surgery, but maybe not to the extent required. Do they know what to do?
When Flybe was rescued about a year ago, it was on the basis that it was almost bankrupt then.I and I am sure others, were expecting radical changes to routes etc, since it would seem that many of them were losing money, otherwise they would not have been in the position they were in. But what seems to have happened since then has been some cosmetic surgery, but maybe not to the extent required. Do they know what to do?
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It does seem odd that very little pruning of the network was carried out over the past six months or so. I had assumed this indicated that the route structure as it stood was fairly robust and worth retaining until the time that Virgin Connect became the trading style and could develop it further. The fairly recent announcement of new domestic routes from SEN seemed to suggest that their plans of last year were still on course.
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I have flights booked for next week.... only booked a few days ago.... and yes, I am worried. I don't fancy arriving at Heathrow next Monday at 10 a.m. ( with BA from Cairo ) to then find out that the flight to Guernsey that afternoon no longer exists ! :-( In some way I would rather know now what is going to happen... Aurigny Gatwick return flights for the dates that I booked with Flybe are still 161 quid.... unchanged since a few days ago.... but how long will that last ?
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Or is the the nuclear option for Virgin and Sobart to get the deal done. Put BE in administration and rise from the ashes a slimmer airline operating the way you want with no BE and pardon the pun..baggage of the old airline. Staff all on the contracts you want leasing deals on better terms etc etc
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I should have said what is available to flybe in Thier reservation system. Often other airlines will only make higher classes available to competitors. Working in airline ticketing for the last 9 years, both for handling agents and directly for airlines, I've lost count of the times I've had to reroute somebody and when going to check a flight on a competitor who we interline with, only full fare economy class is showing as available. It's why so much pressure was put on us to find alternatives within our own network or alliance, even if that may not necessarily have been the best for the customer.
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