I welcome the restoration of the early flight. Certain connections via London are viable, once again and bmi's route network is accessible finally. I've had 1 bmi segment this year and 12 on LH - make your own conclusions.

However, I think it's probably way too late to resurrect the Irish business passenger market for BD. EI is well positioned, well regarded, well timetabled, well priced, well reliable, passengers are well fed and well used to it. And there's the small matter of a lounge -granted you earn few if any Gold Circle points on web booked flights, but you only need the Bank of Ireland credit card to get in to the rather-nicer-than-bmi's-poxbox Gold Circle lounge.