Economy Class & Beyond

LH: Lufthansa Italia, Arrivederci!

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Well it seems the Italian Job is coming to an end for Lufthansa, as they formally announce the wind-down of Lufthansa Italia.The branch of Lufthansa will terminate on the 29th October, after failing to beat the then down on its knees Alitalia who are slowly rebuilding their momentum, and Lufthansa who constantly seem to have tickets for sale at £49 each way on these … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: And guess who doesn’t want to hold the flight ban.

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Firstly, lets get up to speed with who is doing what:Aer Lingus - 12 flights affected to and from Scottish Airspace BMI flights to and from Aberdeen are subject to delay, but services in and out of Glasgow and Edinburgh were running normally British Airways will not be operating any flights between London (LHR/LGW/LCY) and Scotland until 1400 BST Eastern Airways will not be … [Read more...]

BD: Regional Services Expands

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The little subset of BMI, BMI Regional has anoucced more routes from Edinburgh and Glasgow for this summer.EDI-CPH (Edinburgh to Copenhagen)Additional flights Friday and Sunday from 03/06/11 to 28/08/11 GLA-CPH (Glasgow to Copenhagen)Additional Saturday flight from 03/06/11 to 28/08/11 (Now a daily service)EDI-ZRH (Edinburgh to Zurich) Additional Services Monday - Friday.BMI … [Read more...]

WW (BD): Grows up in Belfast, Cuts the chord in Manchester and Cardiff.

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The low cost wing of BMI - BMI Baby has annouced changes for it's Autumn/Winter programme for 2011.The main changes are...From Belfast City (BHD): From Autumn/Winter 2011:Six-Times Weekly service to Amsterdam (Commencing 31/10/11)Two-Times Weekly service to Geneva (Commencing 17/12/11)For Summer 2012: BHD to Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Faro and Ibiza East Midlands (EMA)East … [Read more...]

BA/BD: Flight to TIP suspended.

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Both British Airways and British Midland International have suspended their Tripoli operations due to the unrest in the area.For BMI this is very bad news as the service litrally begun the day before.Both BA and British Airways have updated their travel information. Check before you set off Meanwhile, the FCO has updated it's advice for Libya: We recommend against all but … [Read more...]

BD: Need Diamond Club Destination Miles? Now is the time to buy….

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BMI is once again doing a 20% extra on miles purchases offer.So at the moment you can pick up 24,000 miles extra for £255 (£240+£15 transaction fee!), which works out to& 1.0625p/mile.You can buy up to 24,000 miles a year to a Diamond Club account, as well as gift miles. You'll have to log into your account at www.flybmi.com to action this. The promotion … [Read more...]

NYC: Pictures Loading!!!!

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Yes I've been tardy. And there's a LOT of them this time. But the pictures are loading up as fast as I can process them.Loaded for your pleasure:BHX to AMS with BMI Baby (WW1101)AMS to IAD with United (UA947)IAD to LGA with United Express - Shuttle America (UA7517)Holiday Inn, Long Island Manhattan View LGA to IAD with United Express - Atlantic SouthEast Airlines (UA6047)IAD to … [Read more...]