Stobart Air (Dublin International) has begun advertising for flightcrews to operate a pair of E195s for its franchise contract with flybe. (2002) (Exeter) due to begin later this summer. The requisite First Officers and Captains will be based in Dublin and London Southend, the advertisement said.

As previously reported, the Irish ACMI/charter operator will base the two Embraer Regional Jets out of London Southend from May onwards. Together, they will be used to develop services to Lyon St. Exupéry, Milan Malpensa, Budapest, Cologne/Bonn, Venice Marco Polo, Prague Václav Havel, Reus, Vienna, Dubrovnik, Figari, Perpignan, and Zadar. Flights are however currently displayed in reservation systems as operating with E175s.

Stobart Air's fleet is currently an all-ATR - Avions de Transport Régional operation consisting of two ATR42-300s, two ATR72-500s, and thirteen ATR72-600s. Existing franchise partners include flybe. and Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin International), but Stobart also operates some of its ATRs on a wet-lease basis for Flybe. in addition to franchise operations from Southend.