Economy Class & Beyond

Uhoh. The Sale of BMI Regional is taking a little longer than some like….

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Well, firstly we have a name at last for the buyers of BMI Regional - Granite Aviation according to Flight International. And there's a bit of a snag in the sale due the company taking over as Granite is an investment group - not an airline and thus has no airline infrastructure in place. This means things like lack of support for planes is currently lacking. An agreement … [Read more...]

Swiss replaces BMI on BSL-LON Route, Returns to LCY

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Well it seems the leases of British Midland International planes doing turns for Lufthansa group airlines is beginning to draw to a close. Swiss have announced they are going to be switching from BMI's Aircraft to Brussels Airlines AvroJets. Consequently, the Basel<>London Heathrow route will be killed off, and replaced with a Basel <> London City Airport route. … [Read more...]

BMI Baby saved? Possibly…

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It seems that fortune is smiling on BMI Baby with the announcement that someone is actually interested in buying the little airline. The low cost carrier operating a fleeting Classic Boeing 737-300's and 737-500's, has been sold to a new potential owner who has not disclosed who they are. Financial terms have not been disclosed either. However, the talks are … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Business Class Sale Fares – now loaded

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It seems that Lufthansa is having a bit of a Business Class fare sale. There are fare sales going on ex Germany, but also from the UK too. Those of you who are needing a starting point for Senator status this year could do well to have a look at these: Data - Lufthansa.co.uk With an offer like this, there are of course a bunch of terms and conditions. Purchase … [Read more...]

The Germanwings are coming – on LHR to Cologne route

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Germanwings seem to be - well - spreading their wings further. The Lufthansa owned carrier will be operating the Cologne to London route on behalf of the Lufthansa. Germanwings growth is accelerating in the UK. It has been announced they will Already they will be running to the UK: Stuttgart to Heathrow (Commencing February) Stuttgart to Manchester (Commencing … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Two 747-400’s

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Well when this posts it'll be midnight in the United Kingdom and the New Year will be amongst us. The times on this server are bit behind that though ;). Today's airplane art is two 747-400's - A Lufthansa 747-400 in the foreground and a Qantas 747-400 in the background at Frankfurt-am-Main Airport. The week and a bit extra of airplane art will be concluding on Monday … [Read more...]

From the horses mouths: Lufthansa and IAG on the BMI sale

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The press releases for today's big announcement today of the sale of British Midland Airways to International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) First up, Lufthansa - http://presse.lufthansa.com/en/news-releases/singleview/archive/2011/december/22/article/2054.html Following the announcement on November 4, 2011, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa) and International Airlines … [Read more...]

Lufthansa sells BMI to… IAG (BA/Iberia)

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Well it seems Virgin was too late to the party with Deutsch Lufthansa AG deciding to sell it's British Midland Airways subsidiary to ... International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). For IAG, the spoils of war are simple: 56 slots at Heathrow. The cost has been revealed to be  £172.5m, and IAG/Lufthansa aim to have the deal done in the next 3 months. The deal of … [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...]