Transport secretary Grant Shapps has vowed to work with the travel and aviation sectors to re-establish key routes lost to the collapse of regional carrier Flybe.
Shapps said the Department for Transport (DfT) was “urgently working” to restore connectivity, and to help Flybe staff find new roles after the airline failed on Thursday (5 March).
Flybe chief executive Mark Anderson said the coronavirus outbreak had hit bookings hard and compounded the carrier’s existing financial challenges.
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