I'm far from bmibaby's biggest fan, but in fairness to them, delays happen to every airline, and are more inevitable if your fleet is ageing and the flights are operating from the airport which houses your maintenance base. The statistics, bizarrely, speak for themselves, bmibaby is the 2nd most punctual airline in the UK after Ryanair. I'm not sure how it works, whether 100% of flights are on time from every other base, but whatever it is, it's there in black and white. I say good job to tiny ops ...
Has anybody heard any more about possible extension and airline usage of the pier? Considering these stands negate the need for crossing boarding and deplaning pax, they should be popular with LCCs with tight turnarounds. The issue is clearly which airlines will or won't pay for coaching arriving pax. Also is it a given now that Servisair have had the FR contract extended?