“Future plans including the likely strengthening of the head office function at East Midlands Airport with the creation of up to forty new jobs in sales, customer service and finance as well as maintaining the operating centre in Scotland, located in Aberdeen.”
So, HQ functions at both EMA and ABZ? I agree about the branding, we have a Catch 22 situation. BMI is now known to be an ex airline as far as the market is concerned and the ongoing closure of BMI Baby will further re-inforce that in the public mind. That story will drag out into September. Also worth recalling that when BMI Baby dropped Teesside, the market thought mainline had also departed and the existing LHR route suffered as a result.