John Parkin, Chief Executive of Leeds Bradford International Airport commented, “This announcement by bmi mainline is of course disappointing news. We are well aware of the importance to our region of regular air links to London and we expect to be in a position to announce new services to the capital shortly.”
Eat your words folks!
AND
John Parkin continues “Today’s announcement by bmi mainline does not affect the bmi regional base at Leeds Bradford which currently offers 46 flights a week to Brussels, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Plans to expand bmi regional with new routes from LBIA are well advanced and continuing.”
However, i'm obviously pleased to know about the increase in services at Heathrow to blah blah and frequency changes....
Err. Why would I give a monkeys, how am I supposed to get there?
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Originally Posted by Corpt's yet to be received fantasy e-mail from BMI
To encourage you to make alternative arrangements by crossing the Pennines at some unearthly hour and taking a connection from MAN to LHR, we are pleased to offer you triple status miles for the remainder of your membership year, thereby giving you the faintest glimmer of hope of retaining your Gold status.
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Originally Posted by TheKipper
We are well aware of the importance to our region of regular air links to London and we expect to be in a position to announce new services to the capital shortly.”
Rough Translation.....
"I'm going to sell my soul to the Irish Harp playing Devil"
John Parkin, Chief Executive of Leeds Bradford International Airport commented, “This announcement by bmi mainline is of course disappointing news. We are well aware of the importance to our region of regular air links to London and we expect to be in a position to announce new services to the capital shortly.”
Eat your words folks!
AND
John Parkin continues “Today’s announcement by bmi mainline does not affect the bmi regional base at Leeds Bradford which currently offers 46 flights a week to Brussels, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Plans to expand bmi regional with new routes from LBIA are well advanced and continuing.”
Bratwurst anyone?
Keep your fingers crossed.
What's the betting on Jet2 to Luton or Flybe to Gatwick?
or perhaps we'll see other useful bmi regional routes with lots of connection opportunities like Copenhagen or Lyon....
We are sorry to let you know that unfortunately we are ending our Heathrow-Leeds Bradford service on 28 March 2009.
We are also making the following changes to our summer 2009 flying:
The high standards of personalisation...
My email begins with "We are making the following changes to our summer 2009 flying" and then continues "We are sorry to let you know that unfortunately we are ending our Heathrow-Leeds Bradford service on 28 March 2009."
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The trouble with bmi is the product they offer.
I've given up trying to persuade colleagues about BD's AMS service. I know it's only a short hop but they always bang on about BA Club Europe and the poor lounge offering at AMS. If BD were to up their game, they would win more business on routes like this.
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Does all Embraers on LHR-BRU mean no more businesss class either?
They haven't announced a removal of Business Class. However, J on the Embraers just means sitting in the first 2-4 rows, with a slightly better food offering in an identical seat, no extra space and no curtain. Not worth it IMO, other than for non-status pax to get lounge access.
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[size=1]Does all Embraers on LHR-BRU mean no more businesss class either?
That's what I wondered as well. Ok, Corpt replied just when I posted this...
No point any more then in flying to BRU to avoid the fact that there is no C on the AMS route BMI are quite effective over the last half year in making me choose another airline...
We are sorry to let you know that unfortunately we are ending our Heathrow-Durham Tees Valley service on 28 March 2009.
The decision to withdraw services between London and the North of England was a tough one, as we've operated these routes since 1969. However a decline in demand, higher-than-inflation cost increases at Heathrow and higher Government Air Passenger Duty (APD) charges have made operating these routes unsustainable.
If you have a booking on one of the affected services, we will, where possible, reaccommodate you on other bmi services. We will contact you in the next few weeks to discuss your options.
We are also making the following changes to our summer 2009 flying:
* Increasing our Heathrow-Beirut and Amman services to ten per week from 22 May 2009
* Reducing our Heathrow-Addis Ababa service to three per week, now being served over Amman, instead of Damascus from 29 March 2009
* Decreasing the frequency of our Heathrow-Amsterdam service to four per day and Heathrow-Dublin to six per day from 29 March 2009
* Operating our Heathrow-Aberdeen service on all Embraer aircraft from 29 March 2009 and Heathrow-Brussels on all Embraer aircraft from 18 April 2009
* Closing our Heathrow-Leeds Bradford service on 28 March 2009
We'd like to thank you for your loyalty and support of our Heathrow-Durham Tees Valley service and apologise for any inconvenience.
Regards
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