Flybe upbeat as revenues improve

British regional airline Flybe flew more passengers and saw ticket revenues improve over the past three months, despite higher fuel prices and the tough economic conditions.

The carrier, which flies from airports including Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Doncaster, Edinburgh and East Midlands, flew two million passengers in the three months to June, a 7.7% increase on the same period in 2010 when excluding last year’s ash cloud disruption.