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The annual pre-tax loss slumped to £40.7m from £6.2m a year earlier. The plunge came in spite of Flybe’s recently axeing 490 jobs, more than a fifth of its employees, to save money. The carrier is also cutting pilots’ salaries by up to 5 per cent.
Flybe’s founder and chief executive, Jim French, has pulled the airline out of Gatwick, selling all its 25 daily slots at the airport to easyJet for £20m.
The airline, Europe’s largest regional carrier, has also deferred the arrival of 16 new jets due for delivery in the next two years, delaying the need to pay out £20m.
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