The U.K. airline Flybe abruptly ceased functions Thursday as the sector grapples with the impacts of the coronavirus.

“All Flybe flights are cancelled. You should do not go to the airport as your Flybe flight will not be running,” the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority claimed in a statement.

The business is the greatest domestic airline in the U.K. with a network that integrated much more than 50 percent domestic flights exterior of London.

Airways like Megabus and British Airways have provided special fares to passengers stranded at airports.

In February of 2019, Flybe was bought by a consortium of buyers made up of Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group, and Cyrus Capital. The team promised to devote in the airline to stabilize its funds.

The U.K. Departments for Transportation, the Treasury, and the Office for Enterprise, Energy, and Industrial Strategy experienced been in discussions with the business in excess of the complications it confronted. Flybe also struggled as the British pound weakened amid Brexit uncertainty. The U.K. federal government experienced agreed to a rescue offer with Flybe in January saying it was vital to keep connections for its shoppers.

“We are also urgently operating with sector to establish how crucial routes can be re-established by other airlines as shortly as probable,” U.K. Transportation Minister Grant Shapps claimed.

Airways have been imposing employing freezes and asking staff members to choose unpaid depart as need has been damage by virus fears. January noticed the slowest regular monthly year-in excess of-year progress due to the fact April 2010, according to the Intercontinental Air Transportation Association.

Airline Thomas Cook dinner declared individual bankruptcy in September.

“This is a unfortunate day for U.K. aviation and we know that Flybe’s final decision to stop buying and selling will be really distressing for all of its staff members and shoppers,” U.K. Civil Aviation Authority main govt officer Richard Moriarty claimed.

British Airways, easyJet, Virgin Atlantic, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air, and United Airways are among the airlines warning on the affect of the coronavirus.

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