If I book with Flybe, will my flight be guaranteed?

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The airline is being taken over by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Air (AFP/Getty)

Q I am looking to book a flight with Flybe from Southend to Groningen in April. With Flybe in the process of being taken over by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Air, would my booking be guaranteed to still take place under the new airline or could they just cancel it?

Gary M

A Southend has an impressive network of flights in the colours of Flybe. Some constitute useful access to key business cities for the east London/south Essex catchment area, such as flights to Dublin and Cologne. Others are precious links to places which would be off the UK flight map were it not for the Southend connection – and Groningen, the main city in northeast Netherlands, is among them (as is Rennes in northwest France).