Flybe going to be launching a new route between Newquay and Southend in 2019.
5x weekly before being increased to daily from 01st May.
Info courtesy of Cornwall based radio station Pirate FM.
Ben
There's a good deal of contradiction between Peter's post and this one. Flybe seem to be in fairly dire financial straits, and I hope are not adopting the Primera 'expand forward bookings to pay today's bills' financial model with more expansion.
Having said that, Newquay - Southend smells a bit like a PSO route?
I can't see Flybe being allowed to go bust completely. They do too many regional routes which otherwise have no service. If they were really very perilous perhaps even BA will buy them out, since they shopped out a lot of their regional flying to them.
I think a shrinking back to their core business would be wise. Stop tinkering, and get back to flying routes from regional UK airports. They appear to do well out of Southampton & Cardiff. Can't understand how they keep Amsterdam alive, other than codeshares. It's almost always less than half full. Aberdeen is usually rammed, this is a family shuttle service for us. Dusseldorf I have used a few times recently and was likewise rammed full. Paris the very few times I used it was busy, but noticed at baggage drop that everyone I could overhear around me and see baggage tags for were on Air France tickets and connecting long-haul.