Stobart Air signs FlyBe deal

The newly rebranded Aer Arann business, Stobart Air, has signed a five-year deal to operate six new routes from London for European regional airline FlyBe.

The new routes — due to commence in early June — will go via FlyBe branded aircraft from the Stobart Group-owned London Southend Airport to European destinations yet to be formally named, and will create 50 jobs at the airport, boosting the group’s workforce to 420.

Currently, Stobart Air/ Aer Arann operates Aer Lingus’s regional service from Irish airports to smaller UK destinations, a deal extended last year to 2022.