Bhd-lhr
There has just got to be people who want to fly Belfast to Heathrow, and for bmi to axe would be a disgrace. Lets face it bmibaby are NOT going to come to heathrow just to operate Belfast flights. It would make alot more sense if bmi just pulled business class service on the route, I mean why wait and be sorry to hear that civil servants will no longer be using it, in other words do it quick before MORE money is lost! We also have to take into account that as we speak, 321's are leaving the fleet which means the smaller aircraft come in, which may be another reason that there is a continuing loss.
Concerning the 321's, I have seen G-MIDC operate a charter flight to Ibiza from Belfast International, it just brought me back to about 1998 when the aircraft were new to British Midland, and one went out about every two hours to Heathrow, and boy was the service profitable back then. Those were the days.