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BMI to DME
Good luck to all the bmi crew.
This route is vile on the airbus. The russians bring on loads and loads of handbaggage drink the bars dry then all stand in the aisles waiting for the loo as they have all drunk so much.
Nice to hear the the seat pitch will be increased to offer a proper biz service product.
Is it going to be a fixed config or a convertable one. as BA often go with over 100 in club ?
Good luck to all the bmi crew.
This route is vile on the airbus. The russians bring on loads and loads of handbaggage drink the bars dry then all stand in the aisles waiting for the loo as they have all drunk so much.
Nice to hear the the seat pitch will be increased to offer a proper biz service product.
Is it going to be a fixed config or a convertable one. as BA often go with over 100 in club ?
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I think this will be the most positive thing midland has done in many years and I wish them all the best they can print money on this route.
I just hope that like so many previous routes they just don't drop it after six months.
As said before good luck bmi.
Suprise suprise a positive midland/bmi post
I just hope that like so many previous routes they just don't drop it after six months.
As said before good luck bmi.
Suprise suprise a positive midland/bmi post
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Two more A319s have been ordered to bring the total to 11. however I believe a specially configured A320 will operate the route as well as Transaero equipment, not sure if that has already been mentioned or not, didn't read all the replies. Apologies if it has.
Good luck to them.
Good luck to them.
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Anyone able to confirm the acquisition of an additional 3 B733's for bmiBaby?
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bmi A321 frenzy
Does anyone know the actual reason why bmi are giving up their Airbus A321 aircraft? This has led to bmi staff at airports ,very much BHD, becoming extremely frazzled as they are having to tell unhappy passengers that their flights are overbooked and that they aren't able to travel (the route to Heathrow has been replaced by 319's/320's). Staff are complaining to the management and bmi have said it is happening all over the network where the 321 has ceased operations 
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bmi A321 frenzy
How about falling passenger numbers? Pax numbers to LHR have been falling almost since the route moved from BFS to BHD, according to the stats on the Caa site. Just 55k pax in June and 52K in Jan and Feb. The charges alone out of BHD are more than I have paid on Easy for fare and charges. With the Easy increase to LGW to 5 daily, LGW will soon be the main route out of N Ireland. At the moment it has only about 7K less per month than the numbers to LHR. And to think before the move to BHD and the withdrawal of BA, BFS to LHR was a route carrying at times 110k per month. I wonder if BMI ever regret moving to BHD? They certainly have lost my business and I travel frequently.
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LHR-NCE dropped
BMI have droppped the daily LHR-NCE service from their winter timetable - passengers will be rebooked onto BA. It would appear that the route may well start again with the summer timetable.
Source: BMI trade website
Source: BMI trade website
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But with respect, that's like the excuse for a delayed departure, "due to the late arrival of the operating aircraft." Yes, it's true, as far as it goes, but it doesn't really provide much enlightenment.
bmi could have chosen to sign new leases and keep the aircraft (most lessors would be happy to leave their aircraft with the existing operator rather than incur redelivery costs and downtime). Clearly they chose not to do so, and to return the aircraft at the end of their leases instead - because they felt the A321 was too big for most of their operations, because the lease rates they were being quoted were out of line, who knows?
But with respect, that's like the excuse for a delayed departure, "due to the late arrival of the operating aircraft." Yes, it's true, as far as it goes, but it doesn't really provide much enlightenment.
bmi could have chosen to sign new leases and keep the aircraft (most lessors would be happy to leave their aircraft with the existing operator rather than incur redelivery costs and downtime). Clearly they chose not to do so, and to return the aircraft at the end of their leases instead - because they felt the A321 was too big for most of their operations, because the lease rates they were being quoted were out of line, who knows?
