Adjusting to demand? Tell that to the JED pax, who now have to route via RUH. When BA come back next year with their JED service we'll lose all those pax, and given that JED can be full how are they gonna manage to sell seats ex-RUH to LHR if the a/c is full ex JED?
Classic bmi, build up a good loyal customer base, then p!ss 'em off.
Exactly. 6 months ago comments in the press and magazines suggesting they would be going daily (or more) to all 3 destinations. For people living in Jeddah it's a downgrade and in reality there are no improvements or extra flights to Saudi.
Just means the a/c get a bit more use rather than sitting on the ground in Jeddah for 5 hours (that's enough to fit in the extra legs).
Most people here have already figured that with a stop in RUH it makes sense to go via Dubai where EK has much better connections to UK (my UK home is about 30 mins from Gatwick).