Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways to return to Libya

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Now Libya is settling down, British Airways is set to relaunch flights to Tripoli. After a 15 month break, flights are due to recommend on 1st May, operating  a 3 times a week schedule on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Exact times are to be set yet, but British Airways seems to be happy going back. The unrest in the area occurred they day after British Midland … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: What about the Baby? (The BMI Baby that is)

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There's been am Elephant in the Room in the sale of British Midland Airways to Interational Consolidated Airlines Group, and it's been BMI Baby. The Low Cost Carrier (operating a fleet of 737-300/500 aircraft, based out of various UK airports) has been a questionmark in the sale of the sale - with IAG getting a discount from Lufthansa if they failed to sell the unit … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: So what happens if IAG gets the nod?

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With BMI futures week, I'm now going off into the wild possibilities of what might happen. This is based on the following: Gut feeling Prescience and things that have happened before. What we know: IAG Group is the preferred buyer for British Midland Airways, although Virgin  is making its usual noises. There's about zero  chance of being migrated to Miles and … [Read more...]

BMI Futures Week: It’s confirmed – NO Miles and More Status Match

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Those of you who were hoping to match to Miles and More from BMI Diamond Club - some very bad news for you (and if truth be told, I've sort of known this after chatting to a few people last week). From http://forum.airliners.de/index.php?showtopic=44637&view=findpost&p=607297 and translated by Google: The sale of bmi IAG (the parent company of BA) - shall be … [Read more...]

BA the first retrofit of a 777-200 – what’s the upside for you?

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British Airways has been busy on the quiet, with the Boeing 777-300ER's being introduced and now the first Boeing 777-200 has been retrofitted with some new things internally. For those in World Traveller (Economy Class) and World Traveller Plus (Premium Economy) is where the major improvements are with the seating from the 777-300ER's moved in - these include the dreaded … [Read more...]

BMI’s Prock-Schauer rallys to the troops ahead of the sale…

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As we are all aware (or if you've been living under a rock), British Midland Ltd - comprising of British Midland International, BMI Baby and BMI Regional is on the block to be sold by Lufthansa to International Consolidated Airlines Group (owners of British Airways and Iberia) with Virgin Atlantic making grumbling noises in the background. Well a post on the FlyerTalk BMI … [Read more...]

A Brave New World…

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Well it's been coming for some time as I've been dancing around OneWorld with and Qantas their Paper Status (thanks to that wonderful British Airways Ashes Fare a couple of years ago). With a pathetic 6000 miles or so in my Qantas account, I'll keep that alive with the odd Aer Lingus flight (or dread the thought - pay and top up the account for something actually … [Read more...]

British Airways 777-200 suffers a Bird Strike at YYZ….

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It seems British Airways is a plane down for bit with one of their Boeing 777-200's suffering a bird strike strike according to The BA Source G-VIIU - A Boeing 777-200ER suffered the strike to the engine nacelle and wing. From the looks of it, the bird itself was not ingested by the engine, but the damage is... enough. Reports indicate the plane made it to the ground … [Read more...]

IAG pledges to “Grab” BMI according to Bloomberg

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The ongoing saga of who is buying British Midland Airways (owner of British Midland International and BMI Baby) continues to rumble on with International Consolidated Airlines Group (owner of British Airways and Iberia) seemingly wanting BMI according to Bloomberg. IAG concedes that whilst the sales process is taking longer thanks to Virgin Atlantic Airways putting it's … [Read more...]

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