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So we are now looking at a real prospect of Flybe going into administration, with all flights grounded if it happens.
Wether the Connect Consortium are wanting this to happen so they pick up the pieces that they want we will see.
But it will leave the island with a considerable amount of risk - with easyJet now running less flights to Liverpool, some with no flights at all on some days.
This could leave the Islands links to the North of England a bare minimum. With Flybe operating sometimes 4x Daily flights to MAN and LPL, I’d Flybe were to fold could we see a new kid on the block to take over these? Should the worse happen over the next few days?
Wether the Connect Consortium are wanting this to happen so they pick up the pieces that they want we will see.
But it will leave the island with a considerable amount of risk - with easyJet now running less flights to Liverpool, some with no flights at all on some days.
This could leave the Islands links to the North of England a bare minimum. With Flybe operating sometimes 4x Daily flights to MAN and LPL, I’d Flybe were to fold could we see a new kid on the block to take over these? Should the worse happen over the next few days?
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But surely if there is no Leeds or Newcastle then Teeside is a smart move, in the same way the Gloucestershire flights served the wider region in the absence of Bristol etc?
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they would still take market share off flybe or perhaps grow the numbers flown on the route :-)
if the times dont suit, people would continue to use flybe
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Its not a question of why did they choose Teeside its the other way round and why did they choose IOM.
Teeside Airport has recently been rescued from a developer by the local councils and they were keen to add new routes from the airport to resuscitate it, IOM is just one of 6 routes being launched by Eastern (no doubt heavily subsidised I assume)
Teeside Airport has recently been rescued from a developer by the local councils and they were keen to add new routes from the airport to resuscitate it, IOM is just one of 6 routes being launched by Eastern (no doubt heavily subsidised I assume)
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