UK regional airline, Eastern Airways, will once again operate its own scheduled network of routes independently.

The privately-owned operator based at Humberside Airport will sell its scheduled routes through its own website and will continue to work closely with the travel trade following the announcement that its franchise partner, Flybe, has gone into administration.

The existing airline network will continue to operate as normal and it will honour any tickets on Flybe services operated by Eastern Airways for travel today, Sunday or Monday. It will provide further updates for passengers with flights for next week.

It is offering a walk-up rescue fare of GBP 60 (USD 77.60) including a bag for those affected passengers travelling on 5 March 2020 and today. It is only bookable at the airports and is subject to availability. The carrier is also to offer three new routes, formerly operated by Flybe, to provide certainty to key regions for the protection of services. Aberdeen-Birmingham, Southampton-Manchester and Southampton-Newcastle flights will all commence next week with the schedule released for sale imminently.

Tony Burgess, managing director of Eastern Airways said: “As a former franchise partner of Flybe, this will not impact on any flights and routes operated by Eastern Airways. Revised booking facilities on our services will be advised on our website, which includes the quick recovery on the three new routes.”