bmi wanted to keep its options open about starting up new routes across the atlantic but the new ceo made it clear that it needs to be done at the right time and was not willing to take bmi's previous trial and error approach this time round. He suggested that there would need to be a fair amount of codesharing with fellow star carriers especially the u.s ones to reduce any risks of failure.
While bmi looked at their options they decided to lease their 2nd a330 to turkish airlines which would bring in guaranteed revenue until march 2011 instead of continuing to make a loss on the cai and tlv routes which the a330 previously operated on.
There are still rumours floating around about bmi accquiring a few of sister airline swiss current a330's when they start getting their new deliveries, anyone got any more info on this?