Summary
Eastern Airways, a regional airline in the UK, has gone into administration, leading to job losses for most of its 330 employees. The airline's financial difficulties were worsened by the end of a key contract with Dutch airline KLM. Administrators are looking for ways to keep parts of the airline's operations running.
Key Facts
- Eastern Airways is a UK regional airline that has entered administration.
- The airline had a contract with KLM, a Dutch airline, which recently ended.
- The termination of the KLM contract left Eastern with high costs it couldn't afford.
- Most of Eastern Airways' 330 employees were made redundant.
- Some staff remain to help maintain the fleet as administrators try to save the business.
- Eastern Airways was founded in 1997 and is based at Humberside Airport in North Lincolnshire.
- The airline has faced financial challenges since the Covid pandemic.
- It operated across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, and had government-supported services in Scotland's northern mainland.
