It’s getting close to closing time for the Low Cost Carrier offshoot of BMI – BMI Baby.
With the final flights set for the 9th September (Sunday this week), they’ve put a little ditty out on their website:
BMI Baby was create out of the spare Boeing 737’s BMI mainline had leftover after mainline switched to Airbus operations. Based out of different airport during its time (Birmingham, East Midlands, Durham Tees Valley, Manchester and Belfast), it tried to play the LCC game – and came out rather bruised each time compared to the giants of Ryanair and EasyJet.
Whilst the BMI Baby brand at some points had better recognition than BMI itself, this wasn’t enough as Lufthansa tried to dispose of the airline during the sale of BMI to IAG.
IAG decided not to retain BMI Baby, and the airline has been in wind-down mode since the IAG purchase with routes from Belfast City Airport cut to nothing and most duplicate routes cut in the first phase of the shutdown.
The final shutdown will be after 9th September after the last planes land at Birmingham Airport and East Midlands Airport.