Hi Singapore_Air. Any chance you could add a little more insight into this -- unless it was a general expression of interest by *A, I'd be very curious to learn more.
It seemed more of a general vague comment. If Star Alliance do know what's going on they haven't communicated that to the front line. Ways to fill bmi's hole included: a side agreement with bmi to keep the feeder, increasing flights to the UK, looking at new alliance partners in the UK (well, there's only VS).
They do accept that the loss of bmi greatly dents Star Alliance's value proposition.