Flybe is cutting the number of flights it offers in the UK by 6 per cent this winter in response to slack demand and rising oil prices.
Europe’s biggest regional airline, which runs 70 per cent of its flights from UK airports, warned last month that trading in September slowed “significantly” and would pull back half-year sales figures. Revenues for the six months to October were 6.4 per cent higher than last year, when the volcanic ash disruption dented the figures of European airlines.