UK Regional Airline Flybmi Collapses and Blames Brexit

Patrick Whyte

February 16th, 2019 at 3:25 PM EST

Photo Credit: A Flybmi jet. The carrier has stopped flying. Flickr / Rob Hodgkins

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The shakeout in European aviation many have predicted looks like it is happening in 2019.

UK-based regional airline Flybmi has become the latest casualty in Europe's increasingly challenged aviation sector. The carrier said on Saturday night that it had ceased operations and was filing for administration. It operated 17 jets on routes to 25 European cities. Sister airline Loganair, which is also part of Airline Investments Ltd, is unaffected by the news. A statement posted o

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