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Old 6th Nov 2011, 15:47
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I understand where you are coming from, but this is very different from the likes of Globespan which basically went bust, bmibaby is owned by bmi and bmi is owned by Lufthansa so there is no chance of baby going bust, were its owners now or in the future to choose to cease trading, they would be doing so knowing that they would have to refund all bookings money taken, bmi, Lufthansa or IAG could not just shut up shop and take the money.

Having said that it will of course concern some, however i have had several phone calls from contacts outside the industry who watched the news reports and said i guess your company is secure now that you have been taken over by BA!

This is a non event for 99% of baby customers and come Christmas will have forgotten about it in the same way most have about JLR being bought by Tata motors or Cadbury by Kraft, it is uncertainty that does the damage, just look at SAAB car sales, this should bring that uncertainty to an end
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