Poll: Was The UK Government Right To Not Prop Up Flybe?

Europe’s largest regional airline Flybe ceased at 11 p.m. local time on Mar. 4.  

Flybe now joins a growing list of UK airlines which have gone out of business over the last three years, with leisure airline Monarch collapsing in October 2017, regional airline flybmi going into administration in February 2019 and Thomas Cook shutting down in September 2019. 

Workers’ unions have reacted angrily to Flybe's closure, questioning why the UK government was not able to help keep the airline flying like with other European governments. 

“Unfortunately, in a competitive market. companies do fail, but it is not the role of government to prop them up,” the UK Secretary of State for Transport said.

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