The Week the Sky Closed
The Week the Sky Closed. A regional airline in Manchester in September 2001. Airspace shut for days, the insurers rewrote the war cover overnight, and the…
Nothing flew. Then nobody wanted to.
A regional airline in Manchester in September 2001. Airspace shut for days, the insurers rewrote the war cover overnight, and the business travellers who fill your Tuesday morning flights have stopped booking. The leases on four aircraft are due on the first of every month.
- Starts
- September 2001
- Length
- 18 months
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Scored on
- Still trading at the end
- Business
- Airline
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