Flybe could return to skies next year after rescue deal

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Flybe planes might start taking off again early next year after administrators said they had agreed a rescue deal for the collapsed airline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thyme Opco has bought Flybe’s remaining assets and plans to restart the airline&comma; although on a smaller scale than before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new owners are linked to Cyrus Capital&comma; which was part of a Virgin Atlantic-led rescue attempt for the airline last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two companies teamed up with Stobart Group to try to keep the company afloat in a deal in February 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It has now reached a deal alone with the administrators&comma; which should see the purple planes taking to the air again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are extremely excited about the opportunity to relaunch Flybe&period; The airline is not only a well-known UK brand&comma; it was also the largest regional air carrier in the EU&comma; so while we plan to start off smaller than before&comma; we expect to create valuable airline industry jobs&comma; restore essential regional connectivity in the UK and contribute to the recovery of a vital part of the country’s economy” said a spokesperson for Thyme Opco&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Having struggled for years&comma; Flybe was pushed into administration earlier this year as the Covid-19 pandemic destroyed large parts of the travel market&period; Even before the pandemic started&comma; in January the airline had narrowly avoided administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The collapse of Europe’s largest regional airline put thousands of jobs on the line in March&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unfortunately&comma; with the situation that has developed with &lpar;coronavirus&rpar;&comma; an already weak company&comma; I’m afraid&comma; just hasn’t been able to survive&comma;” transport secretary Grant Shapps said at the time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is unclear how many jobs will be rescued under Thyme Opco’s new plans<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Simon Edel&comma; an administrator at EY&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today’s announcement&comma; and the upcoming completion of this sale&comma; will be great news to communities around the country that were previously served by Flybe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The restart of this iconic brand&comma; which was once Europe’s largest regional airline&comma; will provide a potentially significant boost to aviation jobs&comma; regional connectivity&comma; and local economies&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed52327c703">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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