The boss of the UK’s largest regional airline has said his firm plans to ask for government help to get through the coronavirus pandemic.After Flybe’s collapse, Loganair is one of only two sizeable British airlines which run mostly domestic routes.The pandemic has had a severe impact on airlines, its boss Jonathan Hinkles told the BBC.He said that any airline saying it could survive without government help “would probably be lying”.Mr Hinkles warned that the connectivity of remote Scottish islands and rural communities across the UK “cannot be maintained without air services”, arguing that government support for his airline was “essential”.Loganair operates routes to the UK’s most remote airports such as Barra in the Outer Hebrides, where 19-seater planes land on the beach. In normal times, it runs regular services between small regional airports such as Exeter and Newcastle. But the entire aviation sector has been hit hard by travel restrictions imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. Loganair, however, is still running a higher proportion of its flights than other airlines because some travel to the most remote parts of the UK is still considered essential. The airline is still ferrying people, mail and essential goods, such as pharmaceutical products,… Read full this story
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