Hm, you mean those guys here:
Jet makes fiery emergency landing in Germany - Travel - News - msnbc.com . This got big news coverage as one of Germany's leading politicians at the time was on this plane, during the 2009 general election campaign.
Glad to hear the BMI A319 will look just like an LH inside, thanks for that info. Airliners.net has a picture of the old interior, massive improvement from that. So LH is aware they have to respect their brand and product integrity, to keep their nice chunk of the long-haul market from BHX.
I guess no news yet on BE's response for FRA and/or DUS w.r.t. introducing E190 or E175. I think each time I boarded those, I heard mumbling like 'Oh, a turboprop, not so great' esp from the Germans.