'I would be devastated if Flybe went under'

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Flybe: 'I would be devastated if it went under'

He described it as"another problem looming".Nick Lake, 39, who works for a property development company, says he uses Flybe at least once a week to fly between Manchester and Edinburgh and"would be devastated if they went under".

In two-and-a-half years travelling with the airline for business, Nick says the flights have rarely been late setting off. More than eight million customers like Mark fly with Flybe each year to and from airports in Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Newcastle and Southampton, as well as to Europe."I'm so exasperated," said Grainne Murray, who has booked flights for her family from Birmingham to Belfast to attend her father's 75th birthday.

She says she spent about £650 on flights, accommodation and car hire for just one night for her family."I'm worried there'll be a knock-on effect in terms of losing out on money we spent on the hotel as well, which we booked with a debit card.Flybe has said it does not comment"on rumour and speculation", telling customers it was focusing on"providing great service and connectivity for our customers, to ensure that they can continue to travel as planned".

 

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this today Shows how self-obsessed these people are bet the go to the airport in an environment friendly electric-powered car. Their view is, of course, my flights will not make a difference and the aircraft will be flying there anyway.

Flybe provides the only service to the Isle of Man (and other routes I suspect) Lots of individuals and businesses will be impacted if they fail.

I've already lost the flights I need from Exeter. To Norwich (family): 250 mile each way drive. To Alicante (holiday): drive to Gatwick then fly BA. Railway always on strike so I have no real choice. FlyBe weren't great, but they had the right services.

Same. I prefer planes to go over things

We were warned! The Bees are disappearing

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