04-03-2020, 22:31
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Re: Coronavirus
Flybe staff and suppliers are now all behaving as if the company has collapsed, even though no official announcement has been made. Mechanics taking their tools home to avoid finding them locked in hangars tomorrow morning, and Glasgow airport has started impounding aircraft tonight, apparently expecting the company to default on its fees.
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04-03-2020, 22:58
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Chris
Flybe staff and suppliers are now all behaving as if the company has collapsed, even though no official announcement has been made. Mechanics taking their tools home to avoid finding them locked in hangars tomorrow morning, and Glasgow airport has started impounding aircraft tonight, apparently expecting the company to default on its fees.
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Probably waiting until all their equipment is on the ground.
Website has gone......
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04-03-2020, 23:05
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Julian
Probably waiting until all their equipment is on the ground.
Website has gone......
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As has the airline
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Europe’s biggest regional airline, Flybe, has collapsed. All flights have been cancelled, wrecking the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers, and more than 2,300 staff face an uncertain future.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a9376421.html
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04-03-2020, 23:54
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Re: Coronavirus
Bless
An over zealous tabloid journalist wanting to be first with the news before it happens
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05-03-2020, 00:02
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Julian
Bless
An over zealous tabloid journalist wanting to be first with the news before it happens
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Simon Calder is a highly respected travel journalist, not some random night shift hack. And I can’t see anything premature about his reporting on this. It’s a perfectly reasonable summary of what has happened (the company stopped selling tickets at 10pm) and what is likely to happen next (other airlines will pick up some of the routes).
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05-03-2020, 07:17
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Re: Coronavirus
Sad for the staff but we shouldn't be using planes to get around the UK (although they did a few European destinations).
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05-03-2020, 07:41
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Re: Coronavirus
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Sad for the staff but we shouldn't be using planes to get around the UK (although they did a few European destinations).
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And how else does one get around the UK? given our roads are full and our railways don't have enough capacity.
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05-03-2020, 07:45
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Mr K
Sad for the staff but we shouldn't be using planes to get around the UK (although they did a few European destinations).
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No, thanks - frequently flew from Leeds to Aberdeen (7 hours driving, 1 hour flight) and Leeds to Southampton (5-6 hours drive, 45 minute flight).
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05-03-2020, 07:47
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Re: Coronavirus
It's still a small country Den, but public transport needs improving and fares lowering. There's something wrong if plane tickets are cheaper than rail.
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05-03-2020, 08:08
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Re: Coronavirus
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It's still a small country Den, but public transport needs improving and fares lowering. There's something wrong if plane tickets are cheaper than rail.
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Public transport has needed improving for a long time Mr K and instead of political parties paying repeatedly lip service to it its about time they got off their posteriors and started doing something about it instead of this constant damaging short term thinking political parties are obsessed with..
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05-03-2020, 09:25
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by denphone
Public transport has needed improving for a long time Mr K and instead of political parties paying repeatedly lip service to it its about time they got off their posteriors and started doing something about it instead of this constant damaging short term thinking political parties are obsessed with..
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05-03-2020, 10:51
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Re: Coronavirus
But air travel impacts less (differently) to building roads/rail. Being a small island infrastructure is more likely to negatively impact more people than somewhere larger were the distances and spaces make it easier and more desirable.
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05-03-2020, 11:26
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Re: Coronavirus
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But air travel impacts less (differently) to building roads/rail. Being a small island infrastructure is more likely to negatively impact more people than somewhere larger were the distances and spaces make it easier and more desirable.
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Have you seen the train prices to Scotland and the North East.
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05-03-2020, 11:55
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Re: Coronavirus
UK moves to part two of Coronavirus virus plan as cases hit 90.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51749352
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He told MPs it was "highly likely" some people now being infected in the UK have no connection to overseas cases.
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It is still being decided what measures will be taken in the delay phase - but the government has said they could include banning big events, closing schools, encouraging people to work from home and dissuading the use of public transport.
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05-03-2020, 15:12
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by Maggy
Have you seen the train prices to Scotland and the North East.
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Scotland and North East routes to be taken over by Loganair.
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