The UK’s Flybe has entered administration due to insolvency, the company announced
Britain’s struggling regional airline Flybe announced on Saturday having stopped ticket sales and cancelled all flights, signaling a potential bankruptcy.
According to a notice on its website, the company has entered administration, a form of protection from creditors when a company becomes insolvent.
“Flybe has now ceased trading and all flights from and to the UK operated by Flybe have been cancelled and will not be rescheduled… If you are due to fly with Flybe today or in the future, please do not travel to the airport unless you have arranged an alternative flight with another airline. Flybe is unfortunately not able to arrange alternative flights for passengers,” the notice said.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Flybe had been Europe’s largest regional airline prior to the pandemic, carrying about 8 million passengers a year via 81 airports within the UK and Europe. However, it was first pushed into administration in March 2020 when the travel market was hit by pandemic restrictions.
The company resumed operations on a smaller scale in April of last year after its business and assets were purchased by Thyme Opco, an entity linked to US hedge fund Cyrus Capital. However, it failed to build back its business amid lingering effects of the pandemic on the airline industry and competition from more established low-cost operators.
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