PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - bmi baby
Thread: bmi baby
View Single Post
Old 23rd Aug 2002, 15:20
  #16 (permalink)  
nef
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Scotland
Posts: 255
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Everywhere's a possibility:

From the today's Glasgow Evening News

"Glasgow bids for airline's new base

BOSSES at Glasgow Airport are in talks to bring new budget airline bmibaby north of the border.
The airline, part of the British Midland group, is looking for another UK site after setting up bases at East Midlands and Cardiff airports.

By next year it wants to have a third base and would consider one in the central belt.

BAA Scottish Airports has been in talks with the group and hopes to be involved in any tendering process.

A new low-cost airline would open up the skies for travellers and would offer more direct flights to Europe.

Bmibaby flies to several European destinations - including Milan, Geneva, Barcelona, Prague and Munich, which are not available direct from any carrier in Scotland.

A Glasgow spokeswoman said: "We are in talks with a number of airlines, including bmibaby, as we want to bring in more business and offer more choice.

"We certainly hope bmibaby has Glasgow on its radar screen."

Bmibaby will be inviting several airports to tender and will start choosing a base soon.

Prestwick Airport, owned by a consortium which includes Omniport, is also keen on luring bmibaby but is not believed to be involved in talks with the airline."




There is not much low-cost competition in Scotland except Ryanair, who obviously don't fly to the same destinations as bmibaby would.

Mind you, as BryanC123 says, A lot of people never heard CWL mentioned as a possibility last time so I suppose it could be anywhere - expect an announcement that it'll be at Inverness in a couple of months
nef is offline