{"id":19796,"date":"2020-01-17T13:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T13:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19796"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:54:35","slug":"flybe-review-transport-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19796","title":{"rendered":"Flybe latest: regional airlines play crucial role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite, which represents 500 workers at airliner Flybe is urging the government to develop a coherent regional transport strategy, which includes long-term support for regional airports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The government announced this week that it would launch a review into regional airlines this week following the warning that airline Flybe was in financial difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However Unite believes that a long-term solution is needed which protects all regional airlines, regional airports and the supply chain. Thousands of jobs are potentially at risk if the government fails to provide assistance and a long-term strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bRegional airlines and regional airports play a crucial role in ensuring that people can travel for work and leisure. They are essential for the health of regional economies and there needs to a long-term coherent strategy to ensure they thrive,&#8221; said Unite national officer for civil aviation Oliver Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere are thousands of workers employed at Flybe, on other domestic routes, at regional airports and in their supply chains, whose jobs may hang in the balance, unless the government develops a long-term coherent regional transport strategy,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe development of any such strategy must fully include unions who are the authentic voice of the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has written to both the government and Flybe to seek urgent meetings to better\u00c2\u00a0understand the deal secured this week\u00c2\u00a0and the long-term plans for Flybe and the regional airline industry,&#8221; Richardson went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite believes that the criticism of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposals to assist Flybe by the likes of Willie Walsh\u00c2\u00a0and Michael O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Leary\u00c2\u00a0is highly ironic given the fact\u00c2\u00a0that under\u00c2\u00a0the former\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0stewardship\u00c2\u00a0British Airways pulled out of providing a domestic service in the UK\u00c2\u00a0and Ryanair operates no domestic routes.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite, which represents 500 workers at airliner Flybe is urging the government to develop a coherent regional transport strategy, which includes long-term support for regional airports. &nbsp; The government announced this week that it would launch a review into regional airlines this week following the warning that airline Flybe was in financial difficulties. &nbsp; However [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[511,1063],"wps_subtitle":"Government Flybe review must develop a coherent regional transport strategy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24772,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19796\/revisions\/24772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}