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Thanks for that. Looking on the terms and endearment forum it seems BA have opened up for Direct Entry type rated experienced pilots.
Good luck guys (a non gender specific term encompassing all sexes and orientations ), get stuck in
, whichever side of the door you work
Good luck guys (a non gender specific term encompassing all sexes and orientations ), get stuck in
, whichever side of the door you work
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Cairo rights decision and A330 news
The LON-Cairo Winter 2010/11 rights decision has been made by the CAA. bmi retain 4xWeekly UK rights, but don't get the extra 3 they wanted. Not sure how common knowledge this is, but bmi are currently using 3 weekly Egyptian rights on LHR-CAI. In return bmi are providing financial consideration and letting Egyptair use an LHR slot for a nominal sum. Egyptair are apparently negotiating for a further LHR slot
Also noteworthy is that in it's evidence to the CAA, bmi said an A330 would become available in March 2011 that could possibly be used on LHR-CAI. Does that mean bmi could be geting an extra A330 next summer, or are changes to Saudi services being considered?
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/213/201009...isionFinal.pdf
Also noteworthy is that in it's evidence to the CAA, bmi said an A330 would become available in March 2011 that could possibly be used on LHR-CAI. Does that mean bmi could be geting an extra A330 next summer, or are changes to Saudi services being considered?
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/213/201009...isionFinal.pdf
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bmi wanted to keep its options open about starting up new routes across the atlantic but the new ceo made it clear that it needs to be done at the right time and was not willing to take bmi's previous trial and error approach this time round. He suggested that there would need to be a fair amount of codesharing with fellow star carriers especially the u.s ones to reduce any risks of failure.
While bmi looked at their options they decided to lease their 2nd a330 to turkish airlines which would bring in guaranteed revenue until march 2011 instead of continuing to make a loss on the cai and tlv routes which the a330 previously operated on.
There are still rumours floating around about bmi accquiring a few of sister airline swiss current a330's when they start getting their new deliveries, anyone got any more info on this?
While bmi looked at their options they decided to lease their 2nd a330 to turkish airlines which would bring in guaranteed revenue until march 2011 instead of continuing to make a loss on the cai and tlv routes which the a330 previously operated on.
There are still rumours floating around about bmi accquiring a few of sister airline swiss current a330's when they start getting their new deliveries, anyone got any more info on this?
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I think the wet lease agreements plug holes rather than earn money.
No time to read it all now, but in this airliners.net thread
Where Will The Swiss A330-200 Go? — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
the 'retiring' 330s seem to all have new homes.. none of which are at Heathrow. But this is not written by Swiss authorities of course...
No time to read it all now, but in this airliners.net thread
Where Will The Swiss A330-200 Go? — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
the 'retiring' 330s seem to all have new homes.. none of which are at Heathrow. But this is not written by Swiss authorities of course...
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Will the A321s on order (2?) still be delivered and will they supplement or replace however many of the G-MED* A321s?
News today about the current losses....
BMIżs owner falls deeper into the red | Mail Online
News today about the current losses....
BMIżs owner falls deeper into the red | Mail Online
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An excellent and informative article on BMI's restructuring and long term plans:
Focus: bmi turnaround strategy
Focus: bmi turnaround strategy
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Bmi Regional route network
Hi there, I have tried searching for a definitive list of the routes Bmi Regional (NOT Mainline) have from their various bases, and so far have found very little. Could anyone help me please? I am interested in the routes operated from their following bases:
-ABZ
-EDI
-EMA
-GLA
-LBA
-MAN
-CEG
-BRS
-NCL
-LHR
If you can help me, thank you very much Regards, SF
-ABZ
-EDI
-EMA
-GLA
-LBA
-MAN
-CEG
-BRS
-NCL
-LHR
If you can help me, thank you very much
Regards, SF
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BMI Inflight service
Can anyone in the know enlighten me as to what service is offered in economy on BMI routes to Berlin? I believe that it is operated on behalf of Lufthansa. Is that correct? Is it a complementary service?
many thanks.
many thanks.
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In economy you get a sandwich or a panini, depending on the time of day plus your choice of a drink in economy. If you waste your money paying business, you get a spare seat next to you and a barely warm meal and last Saturday, a grudgingly offered drink..one. BMI's routes to Vienna and Berlin are in their own name, so you get BMI service, not LH's
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ABZ: Birmingham [ends 29 October], Esbjerg, Groningen, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Norwich
EDI: Brussels, Copenhagen, Leeds/Bradford, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Zürich
EMA: Brussels
GLA: Copenhagen, Leeds/Bradford, London-Heathrow
LBA: Brussels, Edinburgh, Glasgow
MAN: Aberdeen, Edinburgh
BRS: East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford
NCL: Brussels
LHR: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Hanover, Manchester
EDI: Brussels, Copenhagen, Leeds/Bradford, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Zürich
EMA: Brussels
GLA: Copenhagen, Leeds/Bradford, London-Heathrow
LBA: Brussels, Edinburgh, Glasgow
MAN: Aberdeen, Edinburgh
BRS: East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford
NCL: Brussels
LHR: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow-International, Hanover, Manchester
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Many thanks to those who replied with the BMI Regional route network, that was really helpful... what wasn't helpful was the that the thread had been irrelevantly combined with the BMI mainline thread and I couldn't find it for a while!