Flybe pulls plug on ‘unviable’ route to Orkney

Flybe has announced an end to the Aberdeen-kirkwall service operated on its behalf by Eastern Airways.

The company said the final service would run on 4 March. “The route has continued to underperform and does not show indications of becoming commercially viable,” the company said. Orkney MSP Liam Mcarthur said the decision had always seemed a “matter of time”.

“The loss of competition is disappointing, but over the longer term it did risk undermining the viability of both Flybe and Loganair,” he said.

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