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British Midland Airlines
British Midland International (BMI) is part of the Lufthansa Airlines and the second largest airline functioning from London Heathrow. It is also a part of the 27 member Star Alliance Network. Furthermore, BMI’s codeshare partnerships combined with its emphasis on state of the art technology enables the airline to serve a huge network of 46 airports and also maintain a high quality of standards.
Website: www.flybmi.com.
The website is a useful guide for searching booking information, airfares and the different cheap airfare offers put up by the airline at frequent intervals. The airline also won the Best Airline Website award at the Travelmole Awards 2010.
Hubs: The London Heathrow Airport is the hub of the airline.
Major Routes: BMI connects a vast network of destinations across the globe spanning Africa, Middle East and Central Asia, South America, North America and Caribbean, and Europe. The detailed route list can be viewed on the link provided below.
Frequent Flyer Programme: BMI operates a loyalty programme called the Diamond Club. This programme has three levels, namely Blue, Silver, and Gold. The Blue is the basic level. From here, one graduates to Silver after earning 16,000 membership status miles. Finally, after earning 38,000 status miles, one reaches the Gold level. Follow the link given below for a detailed view of the Diamond Club programme.
Lounges: The airline provides quite a few lounge facilities in different parts of the world. These lounges have conveniences like showers, wi-fi access, fax machines, and refreshments. The different lounges are the Great British Lounge, the London Room, Business Lounges, and the Star Alliance Gold Lounges. Detailed information on these lounges are available on the following link.
Cabin Classes: BMI offers Economy, Premium Economy and Business classes of travel which could be booked on the airline’s website.
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UK Airports
- Aberdeen
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More About British Midland Airlines
In-flight Service and Entertainment: Entertainment facilities include movies, television channels, and audio channels. Furthermore, there are a variety of games. One may also leaf through the in flight magazine called Voyager. The food served aboard BMI flights also ensures a pleasant experience. For more information, check out the link given below.
Online check-in: Online check in facility is open from 24 hours to 30 minutes before flight take off. For Dammam, Jeddah, and Riyadh, on line checking is open until one hour before flight departure. Find out more such details on the following link.
Alliances and codeshare partnerships: British Midland International is a member of the renowned Star Alliance network. It has also entered into codeshare partnerships with a number of other airlines to offer its passengers excellent schedules and seamless connectivity. The list of its codeshare partners is as follows:
- Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Austrian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, SAS, South African Airways, Spanair, Sri Lankan Airlines, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways International, Transaero Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic
Baggage Policy: Passengers flying business class can carry two pieces of hand baggage. None of the baggage should exceed the specifications of 55x40x23cm. Furthermore, a personal item can be carried as well. This personal item can be a baby changing bag, laptop, purse, and a small briefcase or bag. Economy class passengers are entitled to a single piece of hand baggage and one personal item however acceptance of personal item is subject to airline’s discretion. The specifications for both the hand baggage and personal item are the same as for business class. It is strongly recommended that the following link be checked out for further information.
Fleet Information: BMI has a modern fleet of 47 aircrafts. The airline’s jet aircrafts are in compliance with Chapter 3 noise regulations and are equipped with Chapter III landing equipment. However, the Embraer 135/145s operate under category II limits. The fleet list is given as follows:
- Airbus A330-200 – 1 aircraft
- Airbus A321-200 – 8 aircrafts
- Airbus A320-200 – 8 aircrafts
- Airbus A319-100 – 11 aircrafts
- Boeing 757-200 – 1 aircraft
- Embraer ERJ-145 – 14 aircrafts
- Embraer ERJ-135 – 4 aircrafts
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