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Rebuilt Flybe Flies Higher With Improved Load Factors

UK airline is still looking to offload seven Embraer 195 jets.

Flybe is rebuilding its business plan entirely around the 78-seat Bombardier Q400 twin turboprop, after dropping plans to operate Embraer regional jets. [Photo: Flybe]

By Peter Shaw-Smith • Contributor - Middle East

August 31, 2015

Two years into a three-year restructuring plan, British regional airline Flybe says it is on track to return to profitability. The rescue program has seen the carrier get out of its $1.4 billion order for Embraer E175 twinjets and abandon its Flybe Finland joint venture to focus on services out of the UK using its fleet of 48 Bombardier Q400 twin turboprops.

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