Quote: One last point is that Business Air/bmi regional has always held its own AOC.
Not meaning to cause confusion with my statement from earlier
When bmi regional started flying (bmi regional as a trading name under British Midland Airways Ltd) they got their own AOC, in other words, did not utilise the previous AOC held by Business Air etc. when they started flying out of ABZ in early 2003.
They seem to be doing well and expanding with more planes and route selection - unless you chaps know otherwise...