Flybe

Irish aircraft lessor Aergo Capital targets $2bn fleet by year end

CEO eyes 100-plane fleet as firm cashes in on opportunities created by Covid travel bans

Boxever bought by US firm Sitecore in multimillion-euro deal

Sitecore’s acquisition of Irish data analytics firm will see extra staff hired in Dublin

Irish aviation group lands RAF maintenance contract

Atlantic Aviation buys Flybe cargo plane maintenance business in Oxfordshire

Ryanair boss tells Ireland and EU to ‘get the finger out’ on vaccinations

Airline predicts €950m losses as Michael O’Leary urges speeding up of vaccine rollout

Covidius horribilis: Business winners and losers of 2020

Coronavirus meant the end for many firms, while others adapted and prospered

O’Leary ready to pounce as Ryanair’s rivals crumble

Airline in discussions with airports in Italy and Spain about taking Norwegian Air slots

Dublin Aerospace takes over Flybe’s aircraft servicing base in Exeter

Move sees Irish company expand into servicing turbo-prop aircraft and regional jets

Passengers at Knock Airport set to decline by 75% in 2020

Authorities warn of ‘devastating’ impact of coronavirus

Stobart could face competition to retain Aer Lingus regional contract

Other carriers interested in operating regional routes from 2022, IAG chief says

Stobart Group confirms it has bought more than 78% of Stobart Air

Stobart Air operates regional services for Aer Lingus

Stobart Air facing into fair degree of turbulence

Regional airlines among the hardest by Covid-19 travel restrictions

Covid-19: Aer Lingus Regional operator eyes court protection

Aer Lingus Regional operator likely to ask court to appoint examiner

Coronavirus: ‘Our flights to Ireland were cancelled and we’re still stranded in China’

Covid Stories: Irish tourists and emigrants share their experiences of trying to fly home to Ireland

Coronavirus: Airline crises, Cheltenham gels, Australian plummets and Olympic wobbles

Planet Business: Now wash your hands

Flybe workers call for effort to save routes during Stormont protest

Union chief says Executive and British government must defend future of Belfast City Airport, connectivity and jobs

Belfast Flybe base captain asks politicians to save failed airline

Belfast City Hall meeting hears Flybe provides 1,000 jobs in North and 80% of flights

Coronavirus: Qantas, KLM cut flights, Norwegian Air halts Italian routes

More woes for airlines as coronavirus impedes travel

Stock markets plummet as coronavirus cases rise

Equities end week in the red as investors take fright at impact of outbreak

Belfast not the only airport to lose out in demise of Flybe

Regional airline’s problems went far beyond coronavirus

Stocks tumble as coronavirus cases rise outside China

European equity markets snapped a three-day winning streak

Loganair will take up two of Flybe’s Belfast routes

Scottish airline says it will operate flights to Aberdeen and Inverness

Flybe collapse: What can you do about your cancelled flights?

Airline ceases flights to and from Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Knock with immediate effect

Belfast City Airport says talks to replace Flybe underway

Fears for connectivity to the North after ‘simply devastating’ airline collapse

British airline Flybe expected to collapse in coming hours

Airline flies from Belfast City, Cork, Dublin and Knock to regional airports in the UK

New chairman and directors elected at Datalex

Shares in travel software company suspended since last year

Britain’s strategy causes confusion ahead of next phase of EU talks

London Letter: Brussels at a loss over insistence on no ‘political alignment’ after Brexit

Time called on plan to have Big Ben bong for Brexit

Business Week: Election promises, trade, a start-up windfall and data protection issues

Flybe defends rescue plan in face of backlash from rivals

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary threatened to sue the UK government over its rescue deal

Michael O’Leary lambasts UK bailout of Flybe

Ryanair boss said legal action could be brought over rescue of ‘chronically loss-making airline’

Willie Walsh condemns UK government for Flybe bailout

The IAG boss said the rescue is a misuse of public funds

Flybe averts collapse as UK reviews air passenger duty bill

Shareholders agree to pump money into struggling airline after government support

Flybe is on the brink of collapse, reports say

Airline flies from Belfast City, Cork, Dublin and Knock to regional airports in Britain

Profits at company which operates Knock airport up 24% to €2m

Last year was the busiest year on record for the airport as passenger numbers increased by 3% to 771,600

Datalex’s former auditors ‘conspicuous by their absence’ at AGM

EY declined to give opinion on travel retail software company’s 2018 accounts

Datalex appoints Sean Corkery as permanent chief executive

Former Flybe, CityJet boss also takes up non-executive role

Mike Rutter set to leave Aer Lingus as chief operating officer

Executive joined carrier in 2014, serving in senior operational capacity for four years

European shares fall after six-day winning run

Dalata stocks slide while Green Reit gains

Loganair in discussion to agree codeshare with Aer Lingus

Scottish regional carrier hopes agreement can be active from fourth quarter

Flybe chief executive to leave airline mid-July

Ourmieres-Widener steps down following sale of airline for ‘disappointingly low’ £2.2m

Boxever spreads its wings beyond airlines as it agrees deal with AIB

Data analytics company secures first banking customer as it looks beyond travel sector

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