Flybe edges closer to return as it starts recruitment drive for key personnel

Defunct UK carrier Flybe has moved a step closer to an unlikely resurrection after beginning a recruitment drive for key training personnel. The carrier in its original guise went bust in March 2020, with its remaining business and assets acquired in April by Thyme Opco, a company affiliated with Cyrus Capital, an investment firm which held a stake in the carrier prior to its collapse. Announcing the purchase of the assets, Thyme Opco, which subsequently changed its name to Flybe, said that subject to the relaxation of travel restrictions it planned to “launch a new and much improved Flybe sometime this summer on many of our former routes”. Although the summer season is coming to an end with no sign of a restart, there are indications that the airline is still moving in that direction. Job adverts recently appeared on the LinkedIn website for a variety of positions, including: type-rating instructors, line training captains, ground training officers, cabin crew trainers, cabin crew managers, and cabin crew line trainers.<br/>