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There appears to be alot of noises coming from a tread in T+C's from the bmi pilots quite rightly looking at legal action with reference to their 3 year paydeal being revoked. (in an appauling fashion I must say)
What about the bmibaby lot??? Not heard too much except from an email that everyone received from NT. Maybe if 'we' make some more pilots redundant they will honour the bmi payrise
What a mess...
What about the bmibaby lot??? Not heard too much except from an email that everyone received from NT. Maybe if 'we' make some more pilots redundant they will honour the bmi payrise
What a mess...
Is anyone aware of any forthcoming end of lease retirements from the Baby fleet?
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Will that not leave baby with not enough aircraft for the summer routes or is the operation planned with 18 aircraft? Will they leasing two Airbus from mainline again for the summer?
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Everyone suggested that the summer programme was worked out for the aircraft remaining after the winter handbacks, that was before the unexpected high demand for med routes materialised. However, with the additional routes and rotations I wouldn't mind betting we'll see big brother "helping us out" over the summer especially when the inevitable tech problems start. If it happens it will no doubt mean a further reduction at baby next winter as crews and aircraft (costs) are more easily cut and then replaced on a "helping you out basis" by mainline again next summer. It looks like the plan from where I am uncomfortably sitting that the baby management have lost control of the company, that's if they ever had much anyway.
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It looks like the plan from where I am uncomfortably sitting that the baby management have lost control of the company, that's if they ever had much anyway
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WW have no one to blame but themselves. Knackered aircraft, horrible schedules, appalling timekeeping, pretty cheap and nasty on board (although the crew do the best with what they have to work with) AND they are not that cheap to fly with. No wonder they are loosing market share.
Brian
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I have now voted with my feet and have no intention of returning either personally or for the many Czech family flights I book each year.
Also with respect to losing market share, over the past few weeks I have been nothing short of spammed by WW marketing and special offers; the last time this happened was with Speed Ferries just before their news broke...
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I notice that once again WW are about to move to their distinctly unappealing summer schedule. As it stands I'm having to travel with Flybe on Saturday because WW don't operate a service on Saturday. Then the Friday afternoon (16:55) EDI-BHX flight is about to morph into an evening flight (19:15). Most the people on this flight are commuters of one sort or another who (like me) won't appreciate arriving home at the end of the evening on a Friday. I for one will be voting with my feet and joining a busier Flybe flight at a far better time. Oh for the days of BA/BA Connect....
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BMI Baby BHX - EDI
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Only guessing to a certain extent but the problem with operating two
flights a day the 1500 (as it was) was far too early as a last northbound.
This has recently changed to 16.00/16.30 but still a little early for day
returns from EDI.
The pax figures suffered and now that there will be only four based
aircraft from the end of the month running a tight schedule they
have needed to tweak the timings of some flights and certainly EDI
is not great.
Could EDI, GLA and BFS end up as Regional like the Aberdeen?
Pete
Only guessing to a certain extent but the problem with operating two
flights a day the 1500 (as it was) was far too early as a last northbound.
This has recently changed to 16.00/16.30 but still a little early for day
returns from EDI.
The pax figures suffered and now that there will be only four based
aircraft from the end of the month running a tight schedule they
have needed to tweak the timings of some flights and certainly EDI
is not great.
Could EDI, GLA and BFS end up as Regional like the Aberdeen?
Pete
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See Bmibaby in gone from noc to glasgow route. If they d'ont watch the noc to man & Bhx route they will be gone as time keeping and canceling of route pax will and do fly gwy to man and bhx on shannon route so get up or get out
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'Could EDI, GLA and BFS end up as Regional like the Aberdeen?'
Now if the Baby routes from BHX became BMI Regional like Aberdeen is about to become, that would be great. It would go some way to replacing the loss of a proper domestic carrier when BA/BA Connect pulled out of BHX. I won't hold my breath though.
Now if the Baby routes from BHX became BMI Regional like Aberdeen is about to become, that would be great. It would go some way to replacing the loss of a proper domestic carrier when BA/BA Connect pulled out of BHX. I won't hold my breath though.
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BMI Baby Canx Cardiff to Almeria route
Can anyone shed any light on BMIBaby cancelling the Cardiff to Almeria route May-Oct09.
I have telephoned them today and they have confirmed that they will not be operating the routes and have stopped selling any more tickets, but they insist that I will be travelling.
Are they going to try and fob me off with another destination - Malaga, a 3 and a half hour drive away or Alicante a 4 and a half hour drive away? Neither of which I want!
Or can I be optimistic and hope that they are going to charter a private jet for me and my family
!!!!!!!
I have telephoned them today and they have confirmed that they will not be operating the routes and have stopped selling any more tickets, but they insist that I will be travelling.
Are they going to try and fob me off with another destination - Malaga, a 3 and a half hour drive away or Alicante a 4 and a half hour drive away? Neither of which I want!
Or can I be optimistic and hope that they are going to charter a private jet for me and my family
!!!!!!!
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i would ring them and ask who is operating the route....
If they insist that you are travelling on the route, the contract must be in place for the operation of the route and they should advise you how you are getting there....
If they can't tell you, i wouldn't trust that you are going if i'm honest!!
If they insist that you are travelling on the route, the contract must be in place for the operation of the route and they should advise you how you are getting there....
If they can't tell you, i wouldn't trust that you are going if i'm honest!!
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Now, now polkadotwellies, don't exagerate!
Airport to airport:
Malaga - Almeria 2.75 hours (will be even quicker when they complete the motorway)
Alicante - Almeria 3.25 hours
Don't forget
Murcia - Almeria 3 hours
I have driven these routes many times when there are no, or no suitable Birmingham - Almeria flights!
Bet Baby offer you East Midlands - Almeria!
Malaga - Almeria 2.75 hours (will be even quicker when they complete the motorway)
Alicante - Almeria 3.25 hours
Don't forget
Murcia - Almeria 3 hours
I have driven these routes many times when there are no, or no suitable Birmingham - Almeria flights!
Bet Baby offer you East Midlands - Almeria!