Originally Posted by
ajamieson
Well it's all in the phrasing, isn't it?
The majority of bmi flights have business class. It's a majority of Heathrow routes that are single-class (although that will also end when the last of the useless once-a-day services to Alicante, Venice, Naples etc get axed).
The Scottish and Irish business routes are not an exception to a rule but the bread and butter of the LHR operation, accounting for most of the slots and the revenue. That is why BA would love to get its hands on bmi, as PUCCI suggests. The number of slots that could be freed up by removing duplication is considerable.
And yes, the bmi website (and its entire e-commerce operation) is an unmitigated disaster and a total disgrace. Thankfully, bmi hasn't outsourced all its ground staff (unlike some carriers I could mention) so all my ticketing problems are sorted out by knowledgeable staff at my local airport.
Originally Posted by
HIDDY
And where you are based
I was answering the question more from a Scots point of view which does have Business Class on the European routes GLA/EDI-CPH EDI-ZRH - It's nice to see that an airline is still prepared to serve the regions.
Well, the question was asked about
bmi, not
bmi regional, and by a person based in the LON area. As such, it is undisputably the case that the majority of short-haul
routes (note:
routes, not
flights) operated by bmi (note:
bmi, not
bmi regional) are single-class buy-on-board operations and the statement that bmi has a CE equivalent on the majority of routes is misleading in this context.
It IS true that ERJ bmi-regional operated routes, such as, inter-alia, the routes mentioned by
Hiddy to CPH and ZRH are two-class. And it is also true that the Scottish and (to a lesser extent?) dwarf the other short-haul routes ex-LHR, but that wasn't the question
.