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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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)

Last week she did Victorville-Honolulu - Manila .

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

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


cs

cornishsimon
 

Yes it is :)

Donington Hall sold by BA
 

to Norton Motorbikes

Norton Motorcycles Acquires Donington Hall | Norton Motorcycles

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

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