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Old Mar 4, 2020, 11:56 pm
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Lawrious
 
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Viņa del Mar, Chile
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Originally Posted by Andy49
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I'm not sure you can blame the government for Flybe's demise, it was a dreadful airline and I am pleased its finally gone. I might start flying Air France again now there is no chance of being changed onto a Flybe.
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That is a rather strange response to job losses and the severing of links between UK cities... 95% of Southampton's flight schedule was with FlyBe and while some of those will have been franchise partners no doubt, it's still a substantial loss. FlyBe may have not been amazing (and apparently they did improve significantly within the last 6 months) it seems fear of the Covid-19 spread had hit the final nail into the coffin.

The UK government will probably not care to substitute these flights if it is not willing to maintain them via FlyBe, so, I hold no hope for the future.
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