The travel plans of Irish passengers with flights booked with Flybe have been thrown into disarray after the airline entered administration.
Passengers scheduled to fly with the UK airline have been asked not to travel to airports after Flybe ceased trading with immediate effect.
The news emerged in the early hours of Thursday morning and is believed to be linked to the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the drop in passenger numbers associated with it.
A statement on Flybe’s website reads: “Flybe entered Administration on 5 March 2020 and Alan Hudson, Joanne Robinson, Lucy Winterborne and Simon Edel of EY have been appointed as Joint Administrators.
“All flights have been grounded and the UK business has ceased trading with immediate effect.”
The airline operated flights from several Irish airports, who have all issued statements advising passengers not to travel to airports unless they have arranged an alternative flight with a different airline.
Airline @flybe has entered administration & has grounded all of its flights. It has advised its passengers not to travel to the airport unless they have arranged an alternative flight with another airline. More here https://t.co/FO9d84miHK
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) March 5, 2020
.@flybe Flights Grounded
Flybe has ceased trading & has said that it has grounded all of its flights. It has advised its passengers not to travel to the airport unless they have arranged an alternative flight with another airline.
See https://t.co/nZXjNTbdem pic.twitter.com/iWe6zGpII5— Cork Airport (@CorkAirport) March 5, 2020
We are saddened to hear that our airline partner @flybe has entered administration & has cancelled all of its flights. Passengers with bookings are advised not to travel to the airport unless they have arranged an alternative flight with another airline. https://t.co/284aVM3f1q pic.twitter.com/gWJMKWZrqC
— Ireland West Airport (@Irelandwest) March 5, 2020
Belfast Airport will also be significantly affected by the news as they facilitated 14 Flybe routes for to a number of cities in the United Kingdom, with 1.6 million passengers travelling to and from Belfast via Flybe in 2019.
For further information on how Irish airports deal with the Flybe collapse, visit the websites below:
