Flybe has gone bust taking down 2,000 jobs with it after a failed £100million rescue plan. The UK Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed the airline has ceased trading with immediate affect, just hours after its final plane landed late last night.
All Flybe flights have been cancelled and customers with bookings have been told not to travel to the airport. Airline bosses had been attempting to secure a £100million bank loan to save the embattled company.
The firm was also granted a January rescue plan by the Government, agreeing to defer tax payments of "less than £10 million".
It was not enough however, as the global coronavirus epidemic has been blamed for making a "bad situation much worse". ***Do you have a Flybe flight, or work for the
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