Collapsed Flybe will return with 530 flights a week across 23 routes

Collapsed Flybe will return to the skies next month: Airline will operate 530 flights a week across 23 routes two years after it fell into administration with loss of 2,400 jobs

  •  Collapsed airline Flybe has announced it will return to the skies next month.
  •  The regional carrier will operate up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes
  •  Flybe was pushed into administration in March 2020 with the loss of 2,400 jobs
  •  Its assets were bought in April 2021 by Thyme Opco, linked to a US hedge fund

Disbanded airline Flybe has announced it will return to the skies with a new volley of flights next month – two years after it went into administration.

The regional carrier will operate up to 530 flights per week across 23 routes, serving airports such as Belfast City, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Heathrow and Leeds Bradford.

Flights will resume on April 13.

Flybe was pushed into administration in March 2020 with the loss of 2,400 jobs as the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed large parts of the travel market.

Before it went bust 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 has bought Flybe’s remaining assets and plans to restart the airline as early as next year

Thyme Opco was renamed Flybe Limited. The airline will be based at Birmingham Airport.

Chief executive Dave Pflieger said: ‘We are delighted to now be out for sale and starting service next month.

‘We think our new flights will benefit everyone who wants low fares and more flights to go on holiday and visit loved ones.

‘Our new network will also ensure better regional connectivity inside the UK and between various UK and EU regions.’

Staff were said to be devastated when Flybe went into administration in March 2020

He added: ‘The new Flybe team has worked tirelessly over the past year to create an airline that delivers on price, schedule and choice.’

Having struggled for years, Flybe was pushed into administration in 20202, as the Covid-19 pandemic was widely cited for the destruction of large parts of the travel market.

Even before the pandemic started, the airline had narrowly avoided administration in January 2020. 

Europe’s largest regional airline finally collapsed on March 5, 2020, after months on the brink, triggering 2,400 job losses and leaving around 15,000 passengers stranded across the UK and Europe.

‘Unfortunately, with the situation that has developed with (coronavirus), an already weak company, I’m afraid, just hasn’t been able to survive,’ transport secretary Grant Shapps said at the time.

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