First BMI to LHR ...
Operated by A319 (G-DBCC); left pretty much bang on time ... good service, good crew - very nice aircraft (and about 60-70% full). Very little fanfare or anything out of the ordinary at the airport.
Interesting story in today's Observer, about the effect of Open Skies on "local" routes. Not very good news, but not surprising. Gist of it seems to be that bmi may look at UK domestic routes (which excludes JER) for the axe, as it seeks to build services to US; 3 A332s soon to be ordered.