Overview
- The airline had been operating four aircraft for KLM Cityhopper before the contract was terminated.
- RSM UK Restructuring Advisory said the loss of that work left high fixed overheads and a cost base that could not be sustained.
- Reports indicate most of the roughly 330 employees were made redundant, with a small team retained to maintain the fleet.
- Joint administrator Jamie Miller said interest is welcomed from potential operators or buyers of the airline’s assets.
- Founded in 1997 at Humberside Airport, Eastern once operated about 200 daily flights and provided PSO routes and services supporting the oil and gas sector.