
Former Flybe shareholder plots regional airline’s revival
A shareholder in Flybe when it collapsed this year with the loss of thousands of jobs is in talks with its administrators about a potentially controversial bid to resuscitate the regional airline. Sky News has learnt that Cyrus Capital, a hedge fund with offices in Mayfair, is behind a plot to reacquire some of Flybe's assets, despite the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Britain's aviation industry. Cyrus Capital, which is run in Europe by Lucien Farrell, is understood to be in discussions with EY - which was appointed to handle the company's insolvency in March - about a deal.It is said to want to relaunch a smaller version of Flybe next year, although the precise timetable would be subject to a recovery in passenger demand and the removal of coronavirus-related quarantin...