Following the news that airline Flybe will not be providing any flights today (Thursday 5th March), the UK rail operator FirstGroup will offer a free ticket for a week on its trains to all Flybe customers intending to travel.

FirstGroup's rail companies include Avanti West Coast; Great Western Railway; South Western Railway; TransPennine Express and Hull Trains.

First Rail Managing Director Steve Montgomery said:

"Our rail services connect people and communities up and down the country and as a gesture of goodwill we want to ensure that anyone who was due to travel on Flybe's grounded flights today can still complete their journey."

Customers will need to provide a boarding pass or other valid proof of booking for a flight today.

They should show this to employees at the station ticket office where they begin their journey and will be given a complimentary standard class ticket to their original flight destination, via any reasonable route. Flybe employees should show staff ID to take up the same offer.

Click here to get advice if you were planning on travelling with Flybe.