As reported here in April – Flybe sells Gatwick slots to easyjet and defers aircraft

Flybe has sold its 25 Gatwick slot pairs to easyJet for £20m ending 22 years of flying from the London airport. Jim French, chief executive of Flybe, stated that landing costs have increased at the airport by 100% over five years. Flybe services from London Gatwick will cease on 29 March 2014. The airline is also deferring its E175 deliveries until 2017/19. It remains to be seen if these actions will save Flybe from continued decline however one thing is absolutely certain, these are the very best measures that Flybe could have taken and it is sure to go down