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FAREWELL FLYBE LAST OF OUR FOOTAGE AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT PLANE SPOTTING 2020

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Here we have the last of our footage of flybe operational aircraft at Manchester Airport Our final farewell and thank you for your service.


Flybe carried 8 million passengers a year between 56[3] airports in the UK and Europe,[4] with over 210 routes across 15 countries. Its two hubs were Birmingham and Manchester airports but it also had a number of codeshares allowing connections to long-haul flights from airports such as London Heathrow, Paris CDG, Dublin and Amsterdam. The airline was a member of the European Regions Airline Association.[5]

The airline was launched in 1979 as Jersey European Airways following the merger of Intra Airways and Express Air Services. In 1983, the airline was sold to Walker Steel Group, which also owned Spacegrand Aviation, and the two airlines were merged under the Jersey European name during 1985. The airline experienced significant growth during the 1990s; it was in this period that Jersey European Airways served as the launch customer for the Embraer E-195 regional airliner. The firm was renamed British European in 2000, and received the Flybe name in 2002. On 3 November 2006, it was announced that Flybe was in the process of purchasing BA Connect, which resulted in the airline becoming the largest regional airline in Europe. On 10 December 2010, the company was floated in an IPO on the London Stock Exchange.

In February 2019, the airline was sold to the Connect Airways consortium, backed by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Aviation. Connect Airways intended Flybe and Stobart Air to subsequently rebrand as Virgin Connect, though they would have retained their own Air Operator Certificates.

On 5 March 2020, Flybe filed for administration and ceased all operations. The airline, which had been struggling for several months, claimed that its difficulties were compounded by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on bookings.



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