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UK Airline Flybe Collapses Due to Coronavirus Pressure

A struggling UK airline, Flybe has collapsed due to the growing Coronavirus numbers that has stopped a lot of people from traveling.

The airline announced that it had grounded all its flights and that its operations in the UK had ceased.

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According to the release circulated by officials of the airline: “If you are due to fly with Flybe, please DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE AIRPORT unless you have arranged an alternative flight with another airline to arrange alternative flights for passengers.”

Founded in 1979, Flybe was once Europe’s largest independent regional airline, carrying as much as eight million passengers a year and operating in more than 200 routes but their fortunes had been reversed for a while now with the Coronavirus outbreak as the final nail in the coffin.

Ayanfeoluwa Akintoye

Ayanfeoluwa Akintoye is a reporter, News writer and Editor

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