Spirited Flybe fails to conjure another great escape

Flybe Q400 - Andrew McCaren/LNP/REX/Shutterstock

Possibly the only surprise over the collapse of UK regional operator Flybe is that its demise had taken so long, given that the carrier had experienced uncomfortably close brushes with failure over the previous two decades.

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