Loganair is to take on 16 routes flown by the collapsed airline Flybe - adding close to 400 new flights a week - and has opened a recruitment line for former Flybe employees.
The 16 routes will run from existing Loganair base airports at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Newcastle and will be launched over the next four months, beginning March 16.
Loganair will be recruiting pilots, cabin crew and engineers and expects to create 100 new positions at its four locations, prioritising applications from former Flybe staff.
Dozens of flights were cancelled at Scottish airports on Thursday as a result of the collapse of Flybe.
Thirty-three flights from Edinburgh Airport to destinations across the UK were axed, along with one flight to Paris, Glasgow Airport saw 12 flights to UK cities cancelled, while services were also scrapped at Aberdeen airport and from Highlands and Islands Airports hubs.
The full routes Loganair will take on are: Aberdeen and Belfast City, Birmingham, Jersey and Manchester; Edinburgh and Cardiff, Exeter, Manchester, Newquay and Southampton; Glasgow and Exeter and Southampton; Inverness and Belfast City, Birmingham and Jersey; Newcastle and Exeter and Southampton.
