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Flybe (pronounced / ˈ f l aɪ ˌ b iː /), styled as flybe, was a British airline based in Exeter, England. It was sold to Connect Airways in 2019; it was the largest independent regional airline in Europe. Flybe once provided more than half of the UK domestic flights outside of London. [3]
Flybe may refer to: Flybe (1979–2020), a defunct regional British airline based in Exeter; Flybe (2022–2023), a defunct regional British airline based in Birmingham
Flybe Limited, founded in September 2020 as Thyme Opco, is a private limited company which is owned by Thyme Investco Limited - the majority of whose shares are held by DLP Holdings SARL, [44] [45] an affiliate of American hedge fund Cyrus Capital Partners. That was the same company which was involved in the purchase of the original Flybe in 2019.
The airline began operations as Flybe Nordic on 20 October 2011 as a joint venture between Flybe and Finnair, following their acquisition of Finncomm Airlines. Flybe sold its 60% to Finnair as a temporary solution at a price of one euro (€1) in March 2015, which was sold three years later to Danish Air Transport. [2]
Immediately following Flybe's demise, Blue Islands announced it would begin flying to Birmingham and Exeter from Jersey, two former Flybe routes. [32] However, shortly after these routes initially commenced, the airline was forced to ground all aircraft following Guernsey and Jersey, as well as the United Kingdom, entering lockdown due to the ...
Connect Airways was a consortium formed in December 2018 [1] to acquire the British regional airline Flybe, [2] which had put itself up for sale in November 2018 after issuing a profit warning the previous month, [3] The consortium comprised Virgin Atlantic and the Irish wet-lease specialist airline Stobart Air.
He subsequently became deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer. In 2001, French became chief executive of Flybe and became chairman in 2005. [1] French retired as CEO of Flybe in August 2013 and became non-executive chairman. [2] Saad Hammad, formerly of EasyJet airline, became CEO [2] and Simon Laffin became Chairman. [3]
British low-cost carrier Flybe was the first operator of the E195, had 14 orders and 12 options, and started E195 operations on 22 September 2006. [65] Flybe have since decided that they would remove the aircraft from their fleet in favour of the Dash 8 Q400 and Embraer 175, in an effort to reduce costs, by 2020. [66]