What callous treatment of pax who booked in all good faith at a time when bmi baby probably knew the routes were being to be canned.

Charming.

The baby website's announcment makes no apology to the customers....how sad.

I'm also a bit cynical that this decision was announced just after the strike being called off ??

Good luck to all the staff in finding work elsewhere

Just resurrecting this thread with a question... I hope this is the right place to ask. If not, please forgive me..

Was just browsing a few airline sites and looking at the bmi site, it states the fleet as a number of Busses and also EMB jets. I thought bmi was a Bus-only airline. Are the EMBs part of bmi mainline or are they the "regional outfit"?

Good question - think they are on regional. However they can sub for mainline.

I have some friends who have booked out of Teeside with bmibaby to Malaga on the 16th November and again in February. As has been stated before, they are getting a full refund, but wouldn't it have been "nice" of the airline if they had been offered seats from another airport at the same price they originally paid. There is capacity as i've checked on their website. I think it's a terrible way to treat their customers.:ugh:

bmi pull out of SOU
 

This one didn't even get going!!!

Makes you wonder if their poor performance has anything to do with the name change. After all, I'd suggest that more people know where Teesside is than Darlington Municial Airfield or whatever the kno:mad:head who changed its name decided to call it.

No doubt some clown from the airfield management will come out with a line like "This announcement absolutely confirms the soundness of our investment and marketing strategy etc..."

The name change will have played a role in todays tragic announcement, but what's done is done and it's time to forget the past and start getting behind the airport and supporting its future.

Right-o, thanks for that.
I do know there is a bmi regional outfit, but there isn't a "clear cut" fleet distinction on their website. One would assume the EMBs operate as regional a/c's.

All Embraer's in the bmi fleet operate for bmi regional, occasionally operating for mainline, the morning LHR-MME rotation a good example of them operating for mainline. If you look at the forward fuselage of bmi regional Embraer's you'll notice it says "regional" underneath bmi.

Thanks for that DTVAirport!!!
Looked up a couple of pictures from !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that confirms your answer. It wasn't so clear from bmi's own website.
"Puzzle solved".

Who do you think may step in?
I see on the local news that the airport authority are half way through a large terminal redevelopment especialy to cater for baby. They must be frantic to do a deal right now. My money is on Mol.
Down the road from easy and smack in the middle of jet2

Terminal frontage work supposed to be complete sometime this week! Were just putting the last few doors in, was the last news I heard!
Hope FlyGlobespan or Jet2 do step in, otherwise the airport's future could go rapidly downhill :=
Anybody think Flybe may take the Gatwick? Also, BMI's Heathrow will surely be in doubt soon enough

Cheers,
Sam

What about a TOM scheduled base at MME? They already have a charter base there and have a good relationship with Peel.

Along with EDI-MUC and LTN-BRU!!!

Never trust BMI:ugh:

Bhd-lhr
 

There has just got to be people who want to fly Belfast to Heathrow, and for bmi to axe would be a disgrace. Lets face it bmibaby are NOT going to come to heathrow just to operate Belfast flights. It would make alot more sense if bmi just pulled business class service on the route, I mean why wait and be sorry to hear that civil servants will no longer be using it, in other words do it quick before MORE money is lost! We also have to take into account that as we speak, 321's are leaving the fleet which means the smaller aircraft come in, which may be another reason that there is a continuing loss.

Concerning the 321's, I have seen G-MIDC operate a charter flight to Ibiza from Belfast International, it just brought me back to about 1998 when the aircraft were new to British Midland, and one went out about every two hours to Heathrow, and boy was the service profitable back then. Those were the days.

Bhd - Lhr
 

BHD Flyer

As an observer, it seems to me that BMI are in all sorts of bother. It is very easy to lose the plot, very difficult to get the right plan back again. I think that their move from Bfs to Bhd was a big mistake, you only have to look at the monthly pax figures to see that. Airlines don't operate routes to see the pax in steady decline. The charges out of BHD are a joke and if more pax paid attention to that charge, they would have lower pax. Just think also, if Baby and mainline were both at Bfs, the critical mass that they would achieve.

A move back to Bfs, don't rule it out. What about further expansion at Bfs from Baby?

True Blue

BMI Baby pull out of Teesside.
 

Announced yesterday, BMI Baby essentially pulling out of Teesside. Official line is that base not sufficiently profitable. Is it as simple as that?

bmi baby
 

With Baby having the realesed 3 737 and two new ones, is it going to be one more for each of their other bases and if so what routes will they serve?:ok:

At the risk of stating the obvious if BMI Baby can't cut it why should anyone else be able to do better. Is there not to much on offer up the road.