A number of flights in and out of Manchester Airport have been cancelled after the collapse of Flybe.
The troubled airline, which was based at Birmingham Airport, operated services between Manchester and Newquay and four services per day to Belfast. Today (January 28) the arrivals and departures boards at the airport showed four Flybe services, to and from Newquay and Belfast City Airport, were cancelled.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the company had gone into administration and urged those with booked Flybe flights not to travel to airports, reports the Manchester Evening News. Other airlines such as easyJet and Aer Lingus operate services to Belfast from Manchester.
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Flybe was once the largest independent regional airline in Europe and scheduled regular flights between Liverpool and Belfast until four years ago. However, the airline previously went into administration in 2020 with the loss of 2,400 jobs and its revival has come to a swift end.
Earlier today, Flybe tweeted: “We are sad to announce that Flybe has been placed into administration.
“David Pike and Mike Pink of Interpath have been appointed administrators. Flybe has now ceased trading. All Flybe flights from and to the UK are cancelled and will not be rescheduled.”
It comes after Flybe returned to the skies in April following an earlier collapse. It returned with a plan to operate up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes, serving airports such as Belfast City, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Heathrow and Leeds Bradford.
Flybe was pushed into administration in March 2020 with the loss of 2,400 jobs as the Covid-19 pandemic affected large parts of the travel market. Before it went bust the first time around it flew the most UK domestic routes between airports outside London.
Its business and assets were purchased in April 2021 by Thyme Opco, which is linked to US hedge fund Cyrus Capital. Thyme Opco was renamed Flybe Limited.
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