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BMI British Midland are the second largest ‘traditional’ scheduled airline in the UK, although they have only recently started operating long haul flights. With no-frills airlines taking many of their value conscious customers away, in 2005 BMI stopped offering free on-board catering and started selling some of its short-haul flights under the banner of its BMIbaby budget offshoot.

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BMI Routes List

From	To	Flights Per Day	Book Now
Aberdeen	Esbjerg	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Aberdeen	Groningen	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Aberdeen	London	Varies
Aberdeen	Manchester	M T W T F S S 8 8 8 8 8 2 3
Aberdeen	Norwich	M T W T F S S 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
Belfast  City	London	M T W T F S S 8 8 8 8 8 7 7
Durham  Tees Valley	London	Varies
East Midlands  Nottingham	Brussels National	M T W T F S S 3 3 3 3 3 0 1
East Midlands  Nottingham	Cologne	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Edinburgh	Brussels National	M T W T F S S 3 3 3 3 3 0 2
Edinburgh	Copenhagen	M T W T F S S 2 2 2 2 2 1 3
Edinburgh	Leeds Bradford	M T W T F S S 4 5 5 5 3 0 1
Edinburgh	London	Varies
Edinburgh	Manchester	M T W T F S S 8 8 8 8 8 1 3
Edinburgh	Zurich	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Glasgow  International	Copenhagen	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Glasgow  International	Leeds Bradford	M T W T F S S 3 3 3 3 3 0 1
Glasgow  International	London	Varies
Glasgow  International	Manchester	M T W T F S S 5 5 5 5 5 0 1
Jersey	London	Varies
Leeds Bradford	Brussels National	M T W T F S S 3 3 3 3 3 0 1
Leeds Bradford	Copenhagen	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Leeds Bradford	London	Varies
London  Heathrow	Addis Ababa	Varies
London  Heathrow	Aleppo	Varies
London  Heathrow	Alicante	Varies
London  Heathrow	Alma Ata	M T W T F S S 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
London  Heathrow	Amman	Varies
London  Heathrow	Amsterdam	Varies
London  Heathrow	Ankara	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London  Heathrow	Baku	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London  Heathrow	Beirut	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London  Heathrow	Bishkek	M T W T F S S 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
London  Heathrow	Brussels National	Varies
London  Heathrow	Cairo	Varies
London  Heathrow	Damascus	Varies
London  Heathrow	Dammam	M T W T F S S 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
London  Heathrow	Dublin	Varies
London  Heathrow	Ekaterinburg	M T W T F S S 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
London  Heathrow	Freetown	M T W T F S S 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
London  Heathrow	Hanover	Varies
London  Heathrow	Jeddah	M T W T F S S 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
London  Heathrow	Khartoum	Varies
London  Heathrow	Manchester	Varies
London  Heathrow	Moscow Domodedovo	Varies
London  Heathrow	Naples	Varies
London  Heathrow	Nice	Varies
London  Heathrow	Palma	Varies
London  Heathrow	Riyadh	M T W T F S S 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
London  Heathrow	Tbilisi	M T W T F S S 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
London  Heathrow	Tehran	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
London  Heathrow	Tel Aviv	Varies
London  Heathrow	Venice Marco-Polo	Varies
London  Heathrow	Yerevan	M T W T F S S 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Manchester	Antigua	Varies
Manchester	Barbados	Varies
Manchester	Chicago O'Hare	Varies
Manchester	Las Vegas	Varies
Manchester	Lyon	M T W T F S S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

• Change = Date of route status change (new route start, end of route, frequency change; etc.)

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In the highly competitive short-haul market, BMI might not stand out particularly well from the crowd, but they do offer a high intensity of competition with their main rival British Airways, especially on domestic shuttle flights to cities such as Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Additionally, BMI are the only operator on a number routes from Heathrow, including on domestic flights to Belfast and Inverness.
BMI started its long haul network in Manchester, and currently operates flights from there to Chicago and Las Vegas in the USA, as well as Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia in the Caribbean.  In March 2005, BMI started flights from London Heathrow to India, taking advantage of the Indian government’s decision to lift competition restrictions. The difficulty in procuring slots for more long haul operations from Heathrow, and the particular restrictions governing flights between Heathrow and New York, have long been a bone of contention with BMI, who have also been subject to persistent rumours over a possible takeover or merger with Virgin Atlantic. As long as both organisations continue to be led by headstrong chief executives (BMI chief Sir Michael Bishop might not be as well known as Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson, but he is an equally tough business negotiator), any such merger remains a distant prospect.
Major shareholders of BMI include Star Alliance partner Lufthansa, who have a codesharing agreement with BMI on flights between the UK and Germany.

BMI News Stories

• BMI to increase Saudi flights from Heathrow - (04/07/2008)
  
• BMI launch Caribbean flights sale - (12/06/2008)
  
• BMI extends flights sale - (10/04/2008)
  
• BMI set to increase Heathrow flights - (18/02/2008)
  
• Inverness to Heathrow flights face the axe - (04/01/2008)
  
• BMI launch New Year sale - (02/01/2008)
  
• BMI to launch Tel Aviv flights from London - (12/12/2007)
  
• New Cologne flights from East Midlands - (06/12/2007)
  
• BMI take on 17 BMED routes - (17/09/2007)
  
• BMI to launch daily flights from Heathrow to Tel Aviv - (12/09/2007)
  
• BMI and VIrgin take on BA transatlantic dominance - (16/08/2007)
  
• Axe falls on BMI flights to Amsterdam from Aberdeen - (10/08/2007)
  
• Bmi launch Cairo flights from London Heathrow - (19/07/2007)
  
• Bmi increases fleet in preparation for transatlantic expansion - (11/07/2007)
  
• New Lyon flights launched from Manchester - (29/05/2007)
  
• Bmi Regional top flights punctuality chart - (04/04/2007)
  
• Lille gets its first UK flights - (01/03/2007)
  
• New Brussels flights from Aberdeen - (14/02/2007)
  
• Air link between London Heathrow and Jersey restored - (29/01/2007)
  
• BMI axes Paris flights from Heathrow and Leeds Bradford - (19/01/2007)
  

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