Flybe collapses as coronavirus hits aviation industry

Europe’s biggest regional carrier fell into administration after ministers rejected a request for a £100m state loan.

Europe’s biggest regional carrier fell into administration after ministers rejected a request for a £100m state loan following seven weeks of talks, with shareholders bogged down in an industry-wide crisis caused by the disease and unwilling to help ­either.

Read more about Flybe’s collapse: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/03/05/flybe-collapses-government-pulls-100m-loan/

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