Unite comment on Flybe future

Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland said: “The government needs to step in to keep Flybe flying.

“Many of Flybe’s routes are unique, the passengers who use those routes and the communities that Flybe serves must not be abandoned.

“The government would be wholly negligent to allow Flybe to fall into administration, rather than demonstrating it has learned the lessons from Monarch and Thomas Cook, and implementing the airline insolvency review.

“Unite is seeking an urgent meeting with Department for Transport ministers to discuss Flybe’s future.”