With the price reductions VS are offering today i'd be suprised if they've any cash to put into BMI.

Do we have any evidence that they are seriously talking or is this just wishful thinking?

To be a pound (or Euro!!) behind Sir BISH
 

So SMB gets his dosh next week, the germans probably thought they were being clever in getting him to agree to be paid in Euro's, the smartest man in aviaition today (probably)

Sir enjoy your retirement, i don't think we have seen the last of you yet (hopefully) probably

Do a search on google with the names of companies involved runway30, it'll show up a wealth of evidence over recent months.

When the Cairo flight becomes an A330, will it keep the current lay out and interior or are they changing it for LHR flights?

Thanks

The A330 for CAI is staying in the same config as it is in MAN.

CAI is due to start 02 April
AMM is uncomfirmed (rumor is that the A330 will not be operating this route now but not comfirmed)

The original plan was to put one A330 on CAI and the second on TLV, but there was apparently a bilateral issue with the Israelis over upgrading from narrow-body to wide-body aircraft. Plan B was to put the second aircraft on Amman but with negotiations continuing to be able to fly it on Tel Aviv.

They must have seem to have come to an agreement as there is going to be a 2200 dep TLV on the A330.

Just been looking at the CAI turnaround - will only be 50 minutes!

Maybe for the A320 but will they be able to do this with the A330?! I suppose it is only a 5 hour flight - would they be able to load fuel in London and not need to do so again until it returns to the capital or would it need to refuel in Cairo?

I'm guessing it will be refuelled in Cairo...

I've just bought a ticket for the 1st April AMM - LHR and its booked for an A321 and onto MAN on an A319. It's the same when I come back to AMM on 3rd May.

The strange thing about booking this flight is the fare structure:

AMM - LHR - AMM = £585

AMM - LHR - MAN - LHR - AMM = £415 which is what I've paid

What's the reason for this? The agent in the Indian call centre didn't know the reason when I booked the flight.

ATW Daily news
 

Lufthansa said it does not expect to complete original plans to increase its shareholding in bmi to 80% this month, Dow Jones reported. LH has not officially submitted a request to the EU for antitrust approval. It currently holds 30%-minus-one-share in bmi but plans to purchase an additional 50%-plus-one-share stake from bmi founder and Chairman Michael Bishop following the latter's decision last fall to exercise his sell option

AMM - LHR - MAN - LHR - AMM = £415 which is what I've paid

Thay can't be making any money at all on that fare after you take off the taxes etc

bmi to drop lhr - jer ?
 

have heard a rumour bmi are to drop their lhr - jer route at end of March. even the reduction in capacity by introducing the embraer has failed to increase revenue.

there's been much debate about bmi / LH and hubs recently. whilst the following link may not be entirley relevant here there are interestign comments from LH about using FRA as a hub and pulling in passengers from MAN. It got me thinking about the BMI LHR services...anyway make of it what you will...

BBC NEWS | Business | Frankfurt ready to fill Heathrow's shoes

If FRA want to pick up more regional connecting pax and seriously challenge LHR then they need to expand the amount of UK airports that are connected directly to FRA - I think only LHR, BHX, MAN, BRS and EDI are currently connected(?) If you compare that to AF and particularly KLM, they're a long way behind. I guess that's where bmi, particularly regional, could come in, as a FRA feeder airline from the likes of GLA, LBA, NCL, ABZ etc.

Yeah its official that bmi service lhr-jer ends in march

details on travelmole.com

The CAA have awarded bmi traffic rights for LHR-Kiev five times a week

Kiev
 

In flight meals will be chicken( Kiev) tonight :sad:

Congrats to BMI on gaining the rights to Kyiv- it really seems to fit in with their model of mid-haul CIS destinations.

Also in BMIs original wishlist when they took over BMED was Minsk, in neighbouring Belarus- I was wondering why this hasn't materialised. At present the Belarussian national airline Belavia fly to London (not sure of frequencies), but BA nor any other British carrier seem to fly this route- this would surely leave some bilateral frequencies on the British side unused- does anyone know why BMI doesn't have/use these? Does it not want them or can it not get them? Thanks.