Its the " if ".Jerry and a big if.. In the current climate (no pun intended) it would be a very brave government that enouraged any flying let alone short haul.
During a recent Commons debate regarding the Flybe situation the government acknowledged airports especially regional airports have an important role to play with the country's economic prosperity.
According to the Flybe CEO, the amount of money Flybe requires was a surprise to them. As for shutting it down that would be extremely bad for the UK aviation scene costing 1000s of jobs. I suspect the UK government will grant the loan and then try and develop a strategy to have in place to keep Flybe's network going in the future if the loan doesn't help them to survive.
There was an article in the I newspaper calling for the closure of regional airports.....ugh! I might be a strong advocate for saving the planet and only flying if necessary but even I can see how daft that will be!
still no sign of Dusseldorf for summer....... must be a bit late now to release the flights now
so Flybe will only operate to Berlin in Germany this summer, with no Hamburg and Hanover.
I've seen the argument elsewhere that the UK only needs the London airports, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh and that small airports like Cardiff should be shut down but i guess it's generally from people who don't have to travel or can travel easily. In the end there is demand for many of the smaller airports but they probably need more help than the bigger ones from the government. I don't think it helps that many of these articles are written by London based journalists that have excellent transport links whether by air or land.
Doesn't say much for the consortium then.
Yes it appears they underestimated the task ahead.
Their network is already being decimated.Are you suggesting the government should create a nationalised airline to link UK cities?
forgot about Stuttgart!! 2 German Cities then!! 
About 15 years ago some prominent person in aviation suggested that Great Britain being a small island had far too many airports and only needed eight. He named the eight but I can't remember what they were, any more than I can remember who the person was. I know it caused a lot of chat in aviation websites at the time although there weren't as many then nor as many people on the Internet.
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