Stobart Group and Flybe announce five-year agreement

Stobart, the Infrastructure and Support Services group, has entered a franchising agreement with Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, to create a number of new services from London Southend Airport. The agreement will see two Flybe-branded aircraft based at Stobart Group’s London Southend Airport Stobart will use its airline investment, Stobart Air, to operate six new routes to Northern Europe and Benelux countries The new services are expected to carry over 200,000 passengers annually in 2015. The five year agreement will initially see two 72 seat ATR 500/600 aircraft based at Stobart’s London Southend Airport, with options to extend the