BMI

[Mr A Tis]

G-WWBD

Very surprised such a young machine is for the chop, can't have that many hours / cycles for her age.
As she has just had a major check done on her, one can only speculate that there must have been some underlying problem with her -too expensive to rectify ( ?)
Shame, as I enjoyed flying on her when she was based at MAN.

[Sonic Bam]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the aircraft. The lessor wants to break it for spares. Up to them.

[tubby linton]

Where has it gone to be cut up? I heard that another one BM has gone as well.

[jethro15]

G-WWBD to Sanford 31 Oct to be parted out
G-WWBM to Victorville 07 Nov for storage

jethro's UK and Ireland Airline Fleet Listings

[RoyHudd]

Disgrace

Some companies did put in bids for these relatively recent aircraft, but they were too low. Now one is to be broken up. What a wast of resources! Environmentally criminal.

[Skipness One Echo]

I agree, however I think it's more of a recycling job as much of it will be re-used. Very odd given new A330-243s with RR Trents are very much in demand.

[EastMids]

Just happened to see A330 G-WWBM land at Victorville a few hours ago... Very sad... I watched it land at East Midlands on its delivery flight from Toulouse more than yen years ago and now I've seen it land on its last "bmi" flight too... I flew on it MAN-ORD and MAN-IAD a number of times... End of an era, and particularly sad as I used to work for BM...

Andy

(I'll post a pic of it at Victorville when I get home next week)

[Bearcat]

Last week she did Victorville-Honolulu - Manila .

Flies well....at least it didn't get the chop and has found a new home.

[cornishsimon]

WWBM is off to Thomas cook for winter 13 isnt it ?


cs

[MKY661]

cornishsimon

Yes it is

[flowerpot1]

Donington Hall sold by BA

to Norton Motorbikes

Norton Motorcycles Acquires Donington Hall | Norton Motorcycles

[Akrotiri bad boy]

I'm planning a trip for Mrs BB which, at the moment, relies on a BMI flight ex MXP. I have two questions concerning BMI Regional:

1 Will they still be around next summer season?
2 When can I expect routes/fares to be published?

I appreciate the limited vis that crystal balls offer but look forward to any answers.

Thanks in anticipation

Akro

[davidjohnson6]

Akrotiri - as with any company, airline or otherwise, the cheapest way to credit check a company is to look at their audited accounts. You may wish to look at the website of Companies House to download a copy of the company you are interested in
Alternatively the CAA website may have abbreviated accounts