BMI to serve hot meals on European flights

BMI is introducing complimentary hot meals on its European services.

BMI announces new flights to Amritsar

BMI has announced a new route to Amritsar, India.

New routes for bmi

Heathrow’s second largest airline bmi is set to launch services to Casablanca and Marrakech in Morocco as well as Bergen and Stavanger in Norway.
The routes, due to start in early April, will operate from Terminal 1.
The Norwegian flights will be daily, Casablanca will be four times a week and Marrakech will be three times a week.

BMI to launch new libya route

BMI has announced that it will be launching a new service to Libya in December.
The inaugural flight will depart on December 1 to the Libyan capital Tripoli and will be operated by an Airbus A319. The daily service will depart from Terminal 1 at 0855 local time and arrive in Tripoli at 1430 local time. Flights departing Tripoli will depart at 1515 local time and arrive into Terminal 1 at 1645 local time.

bmi launches ‘The London Room’ lounge for domestic travellers

     bmi has unveiled its newly refurbished lounge for customers travelling to destinations in the UK and Ireland, the London Room.
    The new lounge is available to Gold and Silver Diamond Club members, bmi’s frequent flyer programme and also to all customers travelling on the recently introduced Flexible Economy and Economy Extra tickets.
     The London Room shares key design features with bmi’s flagship international lounge, The Great British Lounge, including feature walls covered in the dramatic Designers Guild black flock wallpaper and black mirrored glass tiling around the entrance and exits. 
     With inspiration taken from the lounge’s name, a series of black and white photographs of unusual London scenes including pearly kings and queens, Borough Market and Camden Lock, adorn the walls as well as the bespoke London-themed wallpaper.
     Other enhancements in The London Room include an improved work area which includes six PCs available for customer use and free Wi-Fi access throughout the lounge; redesigned servery and washroom areas.
     There is a new menu offering continental breakfast until 11am, snacks throughout the day and a choice of afternoon tea cake served from 4pm.Customers who are pressed for time can stop off in the lounge and help themselves to a ‘coffee to go’ served in a ‘coffee shop style’ cup enroute to the gate, a feature developed following customer feedback during the lounge design. 
       Another new British feature is the inclusion of retro British sweets, such as blackjacks, rhubarb and custards and lemon sherbets, for customers to help themselves to as a treat before they leave the lounge.
      bmi has collaborated with Miller Harris since 2009 and as part of its offering in The London Room, will provide Miller Harris’ Citron Citron hand wash and hand lotion in the newly refurbished washrooms. 
      Dominic Paul, bmi Chief Operating Officer, said “We are delighted to be re-opening our UK & Ireland lounge as The London Room.  We hope our customers enjoy the style, design and tastes of London as they pass through on their travels”

Berlin route for bmi

    bmi is to launch a new service to Berlin on March 28 as part of a restructuring of its European network.
    An Airbus A319 will operate the four daily services, featuring a business class cabin offering hot food, a fully stocked bar and spacious seating.
    Economy passengers will be offered free baggage check-in up to a total weight of 20kg and a complimentary food service including a hot breakfast.
    Dominic Paul, managing director of  bmi mainline, said: ‘We are delighted to announce a service between London and Berlin which offers a good schedule and competitive prices to one of Europe’s most exciting cities.
    ‘Berlin is a major centre of culture, politics, media and science in Europe and customers travelling with bmi will have the opportunity to discover the cultural attractions Berlin has to offer.’
    The new service is the second to be announced as part of bmi’s new summer schedule, with a route from London to Vienna being confirmed in January. It will operate from Heathrow’s terminal 1.

Vienna route for bmi

   bmi, British Midland International, is launching a new route between London Heathrow and Vienna from March 28.
   The route will be operated using an Airbus A320 aircraft in conjunction with Austrian Airlines, also part of Star Alliance, to offer five flights a day, seven days a week.
   Dominic Paul, Managing Director bmi commented: “We are delighted to announce our new service between London and Vienna which will offer great schedule flexibility and competitive prices. Customers travelling with bmi will have the opportunity to discover the business opportunities and cultural attractions the city of Vienna has to offer plus benefit from good onward connections to Central and Eastern Europe through Austrian Airlines’ Vienna hub.”
   Christina Debbah, VP Global Sales, Austrian Airlines added: “We are thrilled to be working with bmi through our shared Lufthansa ownership. bmi’s collaboration on the route will provide customers with a stronger schedule and greater breadth of connections. London is a popular city and Heathrow a key hub so we welcome  the opportunity of working with bmi, increasing links between Vienna and the city of London.”
   The new route announcement comes as bmi relaunches its UK & Ireland product as the airline continues its programme of developments across its network.
   Return fares with bmi from London Heathrow to Vienna start from just £99 return including taxes, bookable at flybmi.com