A flyBe v2 looks to be on the horizon, and with confirmation of an Operating Licence and the bmi slots at Heathrow there are pieces falling back into place.
However, taking a snapshot over the last 15 years there are a considerable number of routes no longer operated (by any airline), which flyBe previously vacated – not withstanding further possible services which may have been vacated by other airlines.
An airline which specialises in regional services from secondary and tertiary cities could be a compelling plan, serving communities too small for the larger low cost airlines, with smaller efficient aircraft.
Of course, there are some airports which are not open (Waterford in Ireland for example, or Angers in France) – these are just a collection from the past
Newcastle – Rennes, London Stansted, London City, Cardiff, Limoges
Birmingham – Waterford, Hamburg, Newquay, Brest, Limoges, Florence, Rotterdam, Knock, Luxembourg, Deauville, Bastia, Biarritz, Cologne, Oslo, Lyon, Rennes, Avignon, Stuttgart
Leeds Bradford – Knock, Exeter, Dusseldorf
London Heathrow – Guernsey
Southampton – Tours, Avignon, Milan Malpensa, Bastia, Barcelona, Verona, Inverness, Hamburg, Pau, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Beziers, Clermont Ferrand, Hannover, Brussels, Perpignan, Bordeaux, Brest, Cherbourg, Angers, Chambery, La Rochelle, Murcia, Lyon, Paris CDG
Doncaster Sheffield – Paris CDG, Jersey, Newquay, Amsterdam, Chambery, Belfast City, Dublin, Dusseldorf
Cardiff – Berlin, Verona, Paris CDG, Edinburgh, Dublin, Glasgow, Newcastle, Cork
Bournemouth – Amsterdam, Biarritz, Deauville, Dublin, Jersey, Manchester, Paris CDG, Toulon
London Stansted – Isle of Man, Newquay
Inverness – Dublin, Jersey
Exeter – Nice, Barcelona, Avignon, Bergerac, Rennes, Dusseldorf, Newcastle, Brussels, Geneva, Inverness, Murcia
Norwich – Chambery, Isle of Man, Geneva, Guernsey, Alicante, Paris CDG, Murcia, Bordeaux
East Midlands – Amsterdam, Glasgow, Paris CDG
Newquay – Reus, Isle of Man, Southampton, Liverpool, London Stansted, Amsterdam
Manchester – Rennes, Luxembourg, Rotterdam, Waterford, Hannover, Friedrichshafen, Stuttgart
Dundee – Amsterdam
Jersey – Glasgow Prestwick, Belfast City, Dundee, Inverness, Paris CDG, Geneva, London Southend
Guernsey – Edinburgh, Belfast City, Cardiff
Isle of Man – London Luton, Geneva
Belfast City – Paris CDG, Eindhoven, Bristol, Liverpool
Edinburgh – Rennes, Liverpool
Glasgow – La Rochelle, Shannon
London City – Aberdeen, Guernsey, Inverness, Exeter, Cardiff
