Economy Class & Beyond

BD: Business Traveller Mazagine interviews Herr Prock-Schauer

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For those of you in Diamond Club land wanting to see what the future hold, head to http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/bmi-update where their team has been interviewing Wolfgang Prock-Schauer about some of the changes coming to BMI.I'll be publishing my analysis a bit later on this evening - but there are little titbits of information for those who are worried about the … [Read more...]

BD: Wha? You actually *fly* BMI? 10% off sound any good?

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This in from Business Traveller, and it's another 10% off flying BMI.Your magic code is: 10BMIFLIGHTSPECIAL You need to have made your booking before midnight November 25, with your travel completed between January 1-31, 2011.Valid only on BMI metal flights (ie, Flown by BMI for BMI, not Codeshares, Wet leased services or BMI Baby)And of course, it's valid on the BASE FARE only … [Read more...]

BD: We aplogise for the slight delay to our service to Tripoli… .

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You can never blame BMI being too hopeful. It seems there are issues regarding the proposed London Heathrow and Tripoli (Libya), with with the 1st December 2010 start date now pushed back 21st February 2011. BMI cites that the delay is due "to complete the necessary regulatory procedures and other operational preparations".So yes, it's the joy of red tape again. Or they can't … [Read more...]

S7: Joins OneWorld, makes Star Alliance’s life a bit more of a pain

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S7 Airlines have today formally joined the OneWorld Alliance, making it the 12th member to join.With S7 joining, it also brings in another airline - Globus Airlines who will join OneWorld as an affiliate. With this move, OneWorld's coverage will now serve 90 extra destinations extra in 28 countries, with 55 new cities within Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent … [Read more...]

Trip Report – Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines

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Mixed Classes, Infinite fun and/or Madness: The Autumn Run with United Airlines LHR-ORD, ORD-LAS, LAS-LAX-SFO-DEN-LHR   For those of you who have forgotten, this is my semi-regular audit to see how things are with United - if the service has improved, deteriorated or other. Whilst not perfect, it provides entertainment, amusement and of course, iPhones in sick bags … [Read more...]

BD: A small operating profit… but lots of costs….

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Lufthansa has released the latest numbers for it's group and figures. Now I'm honestly not interested in the big numbers of LH Group, but instead looking at how little BMI is doing.And it's small encouraging signs mainly, A 3rd Quarter operating profit of €3million has been made. However, don't cheer too much, as a Q123 loss of €90 million was made. Ouch. Most of … [Read more...]

ORDIX: Mixed Classes – Infinite fun – Pictures going live

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Well if you're looking to the sidebar you might have noticed a bunch of Trip Type Photoblog entries.But if you're feeling lazy, feel free head to the ones listed below ;)To Heathrow and the Star Alliance LoungeUnited International Business Class - London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare The Hyatt Regency O'Hare  Chicago Architecture Foundation Boat tour: Part 1, Part 2 … [Read more...]

Airplane p0rn – BMI Airbus A320

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It's just about Sunday here still, so it's time for this week's Airplane p0rn. This week - it's a British Midland International Airbus A320 taxing at it's home base of Heathrow Airport More next week! … [Read more...]

BD: BMI Regional to Feed Brussels Airlines, Of course, we are one big happy fleet….

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(Bonus points to those who can guess the reference in the title)BMI Regional (the ERJ flying arm of British Midland) is realigning its timetables, and adding new codeshares to its flights to connect with Brussels Airlines (also owned partially by Lufthansa)Marketing Brussels as an alternative to other busy hubs (or to you and me: London Heathrow), it's planned that you can use … [Read more...]