Flybe lost £5m a month and flew flights half full before collapse

Collapsed UK regional carrier Flybe operated flights that were on average only half full in the months leading up to its demise. The relaunched airline – which fell into administration on Saturday after only nine months of operations – appears to have struggled to fill its aircraft, data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) reveals. The revived airline restarted flights on April 13, 2022. That month, it flew 130 services and carried 6,005 passengers with an average load factor of