Hill Dickinson has advised Stobart Air on its new agreement to fly two Flybe Embraer E195 jets.

The pair of aircraft will be based at Stobart-owned Southend airport under a “combined commercial arrangement” for up to 20 months.

UK regional carrier Flybe will initially operate the aircraft on behalf of Stobart under a crewed “wet lease” arrangement with Stobart operating the aircraft itself by 1 January 2018.

The aircraft will be operated in Flybe branding under an existing franchise agreement between the two companies.

Previously known as Aer Arann, Stobart Air runs a fleet of 19 regional aircraft on behalf of Flybe and Aer Lingus Regional serving destinations across the UK, Ireland and Europe from hubs at Cork, Dublin, the Isle of Man and Southend.

Hill Dickinson’s head of aviation and travel, Joanna Kolatsis, and Alastair Long, associate, advised Stobart Air on the deal. Joanna said: “It has been a pleasure working with Stobart Air on this agreement and to be part of the continuing development of passenger traffic out of regional airports in the UK.” 

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