Flybe jet’s brakes FAIL sending it ROLLING across taxiway to WEDGE under Loganair plane

Ground crew at Aberdeen airport removed chocks from Flybe jet’s wheels allowing it to roll across the tarmac when its brakes failed and smash into Loganair plane, accident report reveals A Flybe jet rolled across the tarmac at Aberdeen Airport after ground crew removed its wheel supports It collided with a Loganair plane at a … Read more

Flybe jet’s brakes FAIL sending it ROLLING across taxiway to WEDGE under Loganair plane

Ground crew at Aberdeen airport removed chocks from Flybe jet’s wheels allowing it to roll across the tarmac when its brakes failed and smash into Loganair plane, accident report reveals A Flybe jet rolled across the tarmac at Aberdeen Airport after ground crew removed its wheel supports It collided with a Loganair plane at a … Read more

Flybe investors plan legal fight over 1p deal

Former Flybe shareholders preparing legal action over claims they were misled about airline’s performance before it was sold in cut-price deal Several dozen retail investors want a judge to decide if former directors put out inaccurate statements  The shareholders’ investments were wiped out after they received just 1p per share when it was sold in … Read more

Why did Ministers let Flybe go bust then save the giants?

A former owner of Flybe has criticised the Government for failing to bail out the regional airline in January – just months before issuing hundreds of millions of pounds to a rival that opposed the rescue deal.  Flybe investors said the airline could have played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ strategy for … Read more

Richard Branson engulfed in crisis at Flybe after Virgin rescue

Branson engulfed in crisis at Flybe just a year after Virgin teamed up with Stobart and Cyrus Capital to snap up airline on the cheap By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 January 2020 Richard Branson’s Virgin airline teamed up with Stobart Group and hedge … Read more