says its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff who ve lost theirjobs, as well as anyone trying to get home. noor nanji, bbc news. in tennis, the australian open is coming to an end in melbourne. belarusian aryna sabalenka is the women s champion after beating elena rybakina, while novak djokovic will play on sunday. darren walton is a reporter for australian associated press. he s in melbourne now. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. is this a breakthrough win for sabalenka? what you make of their performance? b, breakthrough is an understatement. it s a real show of resilience, a breakthrough for the ages, and she has been hailed as the best player without a major for several years. she never made a
country, so for them it is a worrying time and we understand the administrators, we spoke to this morning, so they are speaking to employees and we make get more details on what this means for them later today. details on what this means for them latertoday. in details on what this means for them later today. in terms of passengers, flybe has taught any passengers spectrum to fly were it not to go to the airport today, it also said it would not be able to help passengers arrange alternative flights. uk civil aviation authority said that customers should visit its website or twitter feed to where it will be trying to keep people posted, give them more information. the government said its immediate priority would be to support anyone as stranded abroad trying to get home, as well as flybe staff have lost theirjobs. it did so most destinations served by flybe in the uk are accessible through alternative means of transportation, but obviously, if you are reliant those those, you have to ch
their flights cancelled. we around 25,000 passengers will have theirflights cancelled. we heard from the travel expert simon calder who said what those passengers could expect. you who said what those passengers could exect. ., ., , , expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from - expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from the - expect. you will ultimately be able to claim back money from the card j to claim back money from the card issuer if you to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the ticket - to claim back money from the card issuer if you bought the ticket or i issuer if you bought the ticket or the travel issuer if you bought the ticket or the travel agent if you bought through the travel agent if you
but it is also worth saying, if you are trying to travel in another way, british airways, easyjet and ryanair have all said they are offering special fares to people who have been affected by all of this and lner said that impacted companies could travel for free with them this weekend. so, some help separately available. what does it mean first the staff, though? it s a very worrying time for staff. so, flybe employed 321 people, mostly at belfast and birmingham airports and other sites, the majority of those, 277 people, had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support those flybe staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people try and get back home. back now to our top story on the release of the graphic footage of the violent arrest in the american city of memphis that led to the death of 29 year old black man tyre nichols.
277 people had been made redundant and the government said its immediate priority is to support their staff have lost theirjobs as well as to help people get back home. ., ., ., ,, well as to help people get back home. ., ., . ~ , home. for the moment, thank very much. a former head of the armed forces in the czech republic, petr pavel, will be the country s next president. with almost all ballots counted in the presidential election, pavel has won 58% of the vote, defeating the former prime minister and billionaire businessman, andrej babis. the new president is a firm supporter of nato, which he served as a general and the european union. the two men have spoken in the last few hours first, petr pavel. i would like to thank not only those who voted for me, but those who did not vote for me as well because they made it clear that they respect democracy and they care about what this country will look like. i see values winning this election. values like truth, dignity, respect and h