Birmingham’s biggest airline challenges Heathrow on high operating costs

EUROPE’S largest regional airline, Flybe has made a stand for UK regional airlines against the high costs of operating out of Heathrow Airport.

The airline, the largest carrier out of Birmingham Airport has suspended plans to take up available slots at Heathrow that would have enabled it to operate a number of selected routes to and from Scotland from the end of October.

The airline said it was taking the stance because it was not viable for many regional airlines to operate services from Heathrow to th... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...