20 JANUARY 2020
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Running a domestic and short-haul regional airline is not easy and both easyJet and Ryanair have revised their UK internal services in recent times. Here is a list of some prominent carriers that have either failed or merged in recent times. There are plenty of others. Also the current slot situation at UK airports for Flybe.
Our advice to potential Flybe customers is do use the airline but make sure you pay with a credit card as a form of insurance. See also COMMENT plus And some additional observations.
Air Anglia
Air Bristol
Air UK
Air Wales
BMI Regional
British Air Ferries
British Airways Regional
British Regional
Buzz
Brymon Airways
CityFlyer Express
Debonair
Flybmi
Dan Air
Gill Airways
Go
London City Airlines/EuroCity Express
Manx
Scot Airways
Suckling
Plus (Virgin) Little Red
Besides Flybe, this leaves Loganair and Eastern as the UK's only domestic airlines of any size.
These are the figures for the Flybe UK airport slots. These should not be used as passenger ratios, as that will depend on the aircraft used. Belfast and Southampton stand out as the premier Flybe airports. The Newquay slots actually belong to BA, which makes Willie Walsh's outburst even more peculiar.
Column1 |
Slots |
% of airport |
Aberdeen |
14,405 |
28% |
Belfast City |
27,265 |
81% |
Birmingham |
28,623 |
27% |
Cardiff |
7,508 |
49% |
Durham Tees Valley |
1,518 |
45% |
Edinburgh |
23,523 |
18% |
East Midlands |
3,197 |
6% |
Exeter |
8,839 |
70% |
Glasgow |
10,577 |
13% |
Jersey |
12,918 |
51% |
Leeds Bradford |
4,652 |
16% |
London City |
8,953 |
11% |
Manchester |
31,317 |
15% |
Newcastle |
5,705 |
13% |
Southampton |
27,339 |
93% |
Figures supplied by Airport Co-ordination Ltd. At other major airports, Flybe has only a small proportion (less than 3%) of total slots.
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Graham Stephenson, Devon/Torquay
Cambrian Airways