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The flight departure boards showing cancelled flights at Glasgow Airport today. Photograph: Lucinda Cameron/PA

The collapse of Flybe today will be felt the most severely in outlying regions, where domestic flights are crucial lifeline for those travelling for work, writes my colleague Jessica Murray.



Down in Cornwall, one 52-year-old who travels frequently to London and further afield for meetings, said losing the Flybe service would have a major impact.



With four Flybe flights a day to Heathrow, it was possible to get to London and back in a day.



“With the collapse of Flybe and no sign of a viable alternative I will have to start travelling the previous day and stay over in London.”

Meanwhile, David Eyes commutes to Edinburgh from Manchester every week, flying up on Monday morning and returning on Wednesday evening.



He has booked his flights with Flybe up until the end of March, and still has no guarantees about whether he will be refunded.



Eyes, a consultant in financial services, said:

“Flybe is central to commuters all over the country to get from region to region. I’m amazed the government hasn’t stepped in and done something. It will impact the country’s economy and people getting around.”

Holidaymakers have also been affected, with one unlucky hen party seeing their flights cancelled for a second time, after originally booking through Thomas Cook last year.



Hannah, 27, is organising a trip to Disneyland at the end of March for her friend’s hen do, and after having to deal with cancelled flights twice, the party of 10 have now spent nearly £2,000 on Eurostar tickets to get to Paris.



Hannah says:

“For two airlines we’re using to go into administration in the space of six months, it just feels like sod’s law.

Now the group are keeping their fingers crossed that the Disneyland resort remains open as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout Europe.

