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bmi wins Best Short Haul Airline award

bmi is to be the recipient of a Condé Nast Traveller Readers’ Award in this year’s awards, presented at the Royal Institution, London.

bmi Regional is right on time

According to official statistics published by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), bmi Regional was the most punctual airline operating from UK airports from January to June 2009 – meaning 2009 could be the fifth successive year the airline has achieved pole position.

bmi improves Scotland – Leeds schedule

bmi Regional has introduced a more convenient schedule on flights from Scotland to Leeds Bradford for its Summer 2009 timetable. As of 29 June 2009, the airline will operate twice daily flights out of Glasgow and Edinburgh to Leeds Bradford at improved times to allow for a full working day to be spent in Leeds.

bmi rolls out Chauffeur Drive on key business routes

bmi has extended its complimentary Chauffeur Drive service to include UK regional airports. The service is now available to and from Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Manchester airports in addition to London Heathrow.

bmi opens doors to new international lounge

bmi has announced the opening this month of its new international lounge, bmi Number One Heathrow. The flagship lounge has been conceived with customer comforts in mind and provides a stylish environment in which to work, relax, dine and refresh.

bmi extends codeshare with Virgin Atlantic

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has added nine new destinations to its growing codeshare route network from London Heathrow after expanding its codeshare agreement with Virgin Atlantic.

bmi codeshare deal is better for business in Brussels

bmi has announced a extensive codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines to extend services between a range of UK airports and the Belgian capital. The agreement, which will begin operation on 26 October, will enhance bmi’s commitment to being better for business, offering passengers the opportunity to book bmi flights to Brussels through flybmi.com and the travel trade from Newcastle, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol airports.

bmi to double services to Saudi capital Riyadh

London Heathrow’s second biggest carrier bmi, will double the number of flights to the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from 15 January 2009. Services from Heathrow to Riyadh will increase from three services a week to six, provided a daily service with the exception of Friday. Return services from Riyadh to Heathrow will operate daily with the exception of Saturday.

bmi group "absolutely committed" to Scottish air travel

The bmi group has reaffirmed its ongoing commitment to Scottish air travellers following newspaper reports that Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, had sought assurances from British Airways about their own commitment, this following speculation that BA was reviewing its operations and could pull out of Scotland.

bmi offers special fares to XL passengers

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline is offering special repatriation fares to passengers stranded abroad with XL flight bookings. Special repatriation fares are available to XL passengers returning to the UK from Florida, the Caribbean, Israel, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt and are valid for travel between 13 and 30 September.

bmi launches second daily flight to Moscow

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has confirmed it is to double the number of services between Heathrow and Moscow Domodedovo from 26 October 2008.

bmi pioneers inflight mobile communications service

bmi, London Heathrow’s second-largest airline, has become the first British carrier to offer its passengers an inflight communications service including the use of SMS-enabled mobile phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants). It will also allow access to the internet and email from laptop computers fitted with GSM data cards.

bmi removes fuel surcharges on European and domestic routes

London Heathrow’s second largest carrier bmi has today removed all fuel surcharges on its flights within UK and Europe. This initiative recognises the current economic situation and the need to provide more affordable and transparent air fares for business and leisure travellers.

bmi to go wide-bodied on Heathrow to Cairo and Amman

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, is to give its Heathrow to Cairo and Amman routes a major boost with the introduction of Airbus A330 wide-bodied aircraft. The changes will come into effect early in spring 2009.

bmi announce website redesign programme

bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest airline, has today unveiled plans for a redesign programme for flybmi.com. The first stage in the programme has gone live with the launch of the new home page, designed by Prospect. The rest of the site will evolve over the coming weeks and will be complete in time for the launch of the airline’s winter timetable on 26th October 2008.

bmi regional named UK's most punctual airline in 2008

bmi regional has been named the UK’s most punctual airline for the first six months of 2008, according to official statistics published by the CAA. From more than 740,000 scheduled flights analysed, whilst the average delay of all airlines was 17.3 minutes, bmi regional achieved an average delay of less than 6.5 minutes. 88% of bmi regional flights operated on time compared to the industry average of only 69%.

bmi launches better for business sale

bmi has launched a better for business sale with great value fares to destinations in the UK, Europe and the Middle East with connections from regional airports including Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow. With no blackout periods or minimum stay requirements, the bmi better for business sale is ideal for business travellers.

bmi regional launches flights between Birmingham and Aberdeen

bmi regional has announced it will operate services between Birmingham and Aberdeen from 29 March 2009. The full service airline will schedule three times daily flights and offer more frequency on the route than any other airline, with flights on sale now from flybmi.com.

bmi welcomes Government decision on Heathrow expansion

Heathrow’s second largest airline, bmi, has welcomed today’s decision by the Government to give the go-ahead for the development of a third runway at Heathrow.

bmi gains approval to serve Heathrow to Kiev route

Heathrow’s second largest airline, bmi, has gained approval to serve the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev with five return flights a week. The introduction of bmi services on the route will bring much needed new competition and deliver a wide range of benefits to both business and leisure travellers alike.

bmi regional removes fuel surcharges on all routes

bmi has announced the second phase of its market leading campaign – the removal of fuel surcharges on its regional network from 17th December. This means travellers will enjoy lower fares when they fly bmi from regional airports direct to cities across the UK and Europe.

bmi offers even more for business travellers

bmi has strengthened its position as Britain’s business airline with the announcement of a series of initiatives and route launches to further enhance business travel to and from the UK.

bmi to go double daily between Heathrow and Tel Aviv

bmi has announced a second daily service between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv which will commence on 30 March 2009 on its A321 aircraft and will be upgraded onto its A330 aircraft from 3 May 2009.

bmi announces schedule for Heathrow-Kiev route

bmi has announced that it will operate a five-times-a-week service to the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Beginning on 29 March 2009 as part of bmi’s summer timetable, the new route is available to book now at flybmi.com.

bmi doubles services to Saudi capital, Riyadh

bmi has started operating a six times a week service to Riyadh – doubling the number of flights to the Saudi Arabian capital. Connecting to even more destinations across the Middle East, bmi flights to Riyadh will now go onwards to Dammam on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and onwards to Jeddah on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

bmi launches A330 on London-Tel Aviv route

bmi will introduce wide-bodied A330 aircraft on its Heathrow-Tel Aviv route this week, bringing customers a host of benefits for a more luxurious flight from 3 May 2009.

Springtime in Kiev with bmi

Bmi has launched a new five-times weekly service between London Heathrow and the Ukrainian capital, Kiev; in addition to a second daily flight to Tel Aviv. Kiev is a new route for bmi and offers travellers the opportunity to experience a destination with a difference.

bmi begins double daily service to Tel Aviv

bmi has launched a second daily service between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv. Following high demand for the first daily service which launched last March the additional flight will offer greater flexibility and more convenient connections at both London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.

bmi continues to restructure

Following a restructure of its UK sales team, bmi has announced that Julie Jones has been appointed Head of Business Sales. The restructure combines Business Trade and Corporate Sales into a single Business Sales team, headed up by Julie Jones, formerly Head of Corporate Sales.

bmi rolls out Chauffeur Drive on key business routes

Complimentary Chauffeur Drive for selected Business Class fares is now available on three additional bmi routes from London Heathrow. Six routes now offer the service, with a seventh, Kiev to follow later this month when the new route commences.