Flybe names new CE, details Heathrow plans

Flybe has named the former head of Irish regional CityJet, Christine Ourmieres-Widener, as its next CE and has secured slots to launch services from London Heathrow. The airline has scooped up valuable Heathrow slots as a competition remedy from IAG’s 2011 acquisition of bmi, which has since been merged into British Airways. Flybe will use the slots to launch 2 new Scottish links from Terminal 2: a 6X-weekly Heathrow-Aberdeen route and a 9X-weekly Heathrow-Edinburgh service. Both will launch March 26. Flybe, which already flies from London City Airport, said this is the first time it has operated from Heathrow. “The slots will not be purchased by Flybe and will therefore not be brought onto the balance sheet,” the airline said. Flybe used to operate from London Gatwick, but sold its slot portfolio to EasyJet in 2014. <br/>