BMI & BMIBaby
 

It seems like that BMI & BMIBaby staff are going to receive a big communication on the 3rd of August. Are the shorthaul routes to merge with BMIBaby ?

well it would make sense otherwise mainlaine might fall foul of other locos IMHO

Oh good something else to look forward too? Can I ask where you heard about this, not having a go just interested.

cheers
lexx

saw on the website
 

hi saw on the website bmi will be operating bmibaby flts out of lhr :)

well my partner works for BMIBaby and he has been advised that there will be a big anouncement in August. There is allot of speculations of what might be.
One of them is BMIBaby operating all of the BMI's regionals and europeans flights.

Well i guess we need to wait and see...,.

Maybe NT is going to put a 737 on the Manchester-Chicago, so another A330 can go down to LHR to opperate yet another half empty/half full longhaul route :mad:
Oh sorry that's happening in the Winter :mad:

anyone know anything about what the announcement is going to be?

ta! agent x:ok:

no we dont know what is the announcement going to be. This is all speculations. two weeks to go

This was on the Leeds/Bradford website:

http://www.lbia.co.uk/newsstory.php?storyid=20050705

bmibaby 'tiny' Fares Arrive at Leeds Bradford
5 July 2005

True low-cost fares take off at Leeds Bradford Airport, as bmibaby 'tiny' fares go on sale for travel on all bmi destinations including London Heathrow.

Fares starting from just £25 one-way, inclusive of taxes, are on sale now at bmibaby.com as part of the bmi group's development of modular travel.

bmibaby 'tiny' fares will be offered on all bmi flights from Leeds Bradford Airport including London Heathrow for travel from 1 August 2005, bringing travellers the option of low-cost fares with low-cost terms and conditions.

Nigel Turner, chief executive of bmi, said: 'Low-cost travel has truly taken off as Britain's second largest airline starts selling fares from Leeds Bradford to London Heathrow. No longer do travellers to the south-east have to rely on secondary airports for low-cost travel.
'It's all part of our modular approach to travel, allowing passengers to choose the type of fare that's right for them.

The bmi group announced its new modular approach in May 2005 following a six-month study surveying the views of 10,000 air travellers. The findings showed that passengers wanted greater choice in selecting a fare together with the flexibility and level of service it offered.

Tiny fares to Heathrow are the first stage of a product realignment that sees the introduction of three fare types:
Premium - fares will give the maximum flexibility and an excellent range of product benefits such as lounge access and priority check-in.
Standard - For travellers wanting some flexibility and service, bmi standard fares will be available.
Tiny - fares from bmibaby will continue to be low-cost fares with low-cost terms and conditions.

ENDS

The bmibaby brand is simply being used to promote the "tiny" fares which bmi are selling on all regional & mainline flights.

This doesn't mean that bmibaby and our 737s will be operating the routes, it's just like Tango fares by Air Canada. Tango was the well-known low-cost spin-off of AC & their fares became available on all AC flights, as opposed to just a few planes painted in Tango colours. (I did quite like the purple!)

I no longer get shocked when bmi makes a major announcement, because it's just another half-witted idea after another, so I'll wait to see what this one is.

Up there with some of the rumours floating around include MAN going back to all mainline (incl regional) flights, and another about bmi launching a premium economy (like economy plus on United) on shorthaul flights after the uproar from certain diamond club pax at the suspension of business class.

As previously mentioned, I haven't heard anything about bmi & bmibaby being merged together, or that WW will be operating any flights on the behalf of mainline or regional. Lots of the routes ex-LBA do very well operated by regional with pretty high yields. I can't comment on MME but I know it's high on the list of priorities for baby expansion, especially with rumours that Ryanair is interested in expanding there after its success on its flights.

We're pretty stretched for aircraft as it is, although I would love INKJET's rumour of us getting some A319s to come true, as the 733s are absolutely vile! The A319 I believe without the EasyJet-style ammendments can seat up to 142 pax, so it would be a small reduction on the current 737s. However, they seem to be economical aircraft to operate, with Germanwings our partner airline in Germany being very pleased with them!

Am still waiting to see the ammendments to the bmi uniform, I've not seen them around EMA. I always thought the bmi uniform was a rather cheap imitation of the lovely old Midland ones, so it'll be interesting to see what any new uniform will look like.

bmibaby.com

you said that:

What do you mean?

easyBoy, sorry that I wasn't as clear as possible. EasyJet have added an additional set of emergency exits on their Airbus 319 aircraft which allows them to seat more than 148 passengers. I remember reading that with just the standard two over wing exits the 319 can only seat a maximum of either 143 or 149 pax, I forget the exact total.

easy has also, in order to get as many as possible onboard, 156 seats I'm told, the rear of the cabin only has what seems to be a galley-ette, or a half-galley on one side of the aircraft.

bmi have no such ammendments, so in all-economy, we could only get 142, or possibly at a stretch 148 in our A319s.

Ahhhh right I'm with ya, I was wondering what yo were on about at first.

I've not seen the rear galley on our Airbus yet, but will do very soon.

Was there a big announcement, as anticipated?

Was there a big announcement, as anticipated?

:mad:


WHATEVER !

Did I mention something I shouldn't? It was only an enquiry in the event that I had missed something earlier this week.

HERE IT IS;
LHR to Lyon from December :ugh: