From Exeter, the airline will cease jet ops from October 26th. With FlyBe collapsing on Thursday, regional carriers Loganair and Eastern Airways are stepping in to replace connectivity lost. Its Q400 scheduling remains unaffected, as does the airport’s role as the company’s headquarters. Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced its franchise agreement with flybe. Flybe carried 8 million passengers a year between 56 airports in the UK and Europe, with over 210 routes … The existing Eastern Airways network will continue to operate as normal and the airline will honor any tickets on Flybe services operated by Eastern Airways for travel on Friday, Sunday or Monday. Flybe provided more than half of UK domestic flights outside London. Regional airline Eastern Airways is to launch two new routes from Southampton following the collapse of Flybe. As Eastern Airways enters a new franchise partnership that will soon enhance Flybe’s route network, Eastern Airways’ flights from Cardiff Airport are now bookable at Flybe.com. Flybe previously operated 24 different routes out of Birmingham and both Eastern Airways and Loganair, which is headquartered at Glasgow Airport, are new carriers for the airport. The move is part of the five-year franchise agreement Eastern signed with Flybe earlier this year wherein all its services will carry "BE" flight codes. (BE, Exeter) will kick in from October 29 onwards. A network of Flybe franchise routes linking Teesside International Airport with the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland, including London and Dublin, have today been announced. Eastern Airways said in its statement, “Passengers booked to travel today [Thursday, March 5], Friday or Sunday on flights operated by Eastern Airways should turn up and travel as normal following the closure of Flybe.” Farewell, Flybe A new five-year franchise agreement between Flybe and Eastern Airways is expected to be signed within weeks. Loganair Embraer ERJ-145 – Image, Loganair Let’s start with Loganair who are starting up 16 routes Aberdeen – Belfast City – Commences 16 March Aberdeen – Birmingham – Commences 16 March Aberdeen – Jersey – Commences 09 … “The franchise partnership will help to broaden the sales distribution of our route … Eastern Airways’ new five year franchise agreement with Flybe commences on 29 October 2017 when all its services will carry BE flight codes. A range of new holiday flights were launched by Eastern Airways, using the Flybe booking engine. Services will be launched by Flybe franchise partner, Eastern Airways, connecting Teesside with … Flybe (pronounced / ˈ f l aɪ ˌ b iː /), styled as flybe, was a British airline based in Exeter, England.Until its sale to Connect Airways in 2019, it was the largest independent regional airline in Europe. As Eastern Airways enters a new franchise partnership that will soon enhance Flybe’s route network, the Humberside Airport-based regional airline’s flights are now bookable and on sale at Flybe.com. Once jet ops end at Norwich, Flybe will continue services via its 2017 bed-fellow Eastern Airways. Eastern Airways’ new five year franchise agreement with Flybe commences on 29 October 2017 when all its services will carry BE flight codes.