'We got an email to say it was all over.' Flybe employee, Katherine Densham tells Sky News that she is “not sure” what she is going to do now the company has gone to administration. Get more on the Flybe collapse here:
Flybe was the largest independent airline in Europe, carrying about eight million passengers a year between 81 airports in the UK and Europe. It had operated, under various guises, for more than 40 years.Alan Hudson, joint administrator, said:"Despite an agreement with the government to provide assistance to the company, added pressures on the travel industry in the last few weeks have further deepened the severity of its financial situation.
"We really tried to do everything we could back at the turn of the year but unfortunately though, with the situation that's developed with coronavirus, an already weak company just hasn't been able to survive," he said. The airline was owned by Connect Airways, a consortium made up of US hedge fund Cyrus Capital, Virgin Atlantic and infrastructure group Stobart.
Flybe planes at airports including Edinburgh were not being refuelled and engineers were being laid off. Oliver Richardson, national officer for union Unite, said its members"and the entire staff at Flybe" will be feeling angry and confused" about how the airline was allowed to collapse.
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