Flybe, Britain’s Biggest Domestic Carrier, Chases Two Takeovers

Flybe, the U.K.’s biggest domestic carrier since it bought assets of British Airways Plc in 2007, said it’s in talks over two more purchases as Chief Executive Officer Jim French seeks to build bases in continental Europe.

The acquisitions being considered are “digestible” rather than “transformational,” according to French, whose 521 million-pound ($811 million) takeover of the BA Connect unit added more than 50 routes and doubled Flybe’s passenger total.