BMI baby closing down

[fcw]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17940539#TWEET137198

[Comet]

Also http://www.bmibaby.com/bmibaby/faqs/imp ... ation.aspx
I hope that Regional survives a bit longer.

[sn26567]

WIZZ AIR LAUNCHES BMIBABY RESCUE FARE
Affected passengers can book London – Prague for £29.99*

Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, launched today a rescue fare of £29.99* for passengers affected by bmibaby’s flight cancellations. Passengers in possession of a cancelled bmibaby flight reservation from UK to Prague (and/or Prague-UK) can book via the Wizz Air call centre and must bring their original reservation when they travel. Wizz Air launched this unique rescue fare of £29.99* on its London Luton-Prague route to minimize disruption to affected passengers.

Call centres
United Kingdom: 0906 959 0002
Czech Republic: 900 140 940

“Wizz Air understands the difficulties of affected passengers to find alternative travel arrangements after bmibaby’s flight cancellations. We are now offering this £29.99* on our London-Luton route to/from Prague and hope that this minimizes the disruption suffered by these passengers. Bookings can be made via our call centres until 21 May and the original bmibaby reservation must be brought to the airport when flying on Wizz Air’s unique rescue fare,” said Daniel de Carvalho, Corporate Communication Manager at Wizz Air.

*one way; includes taxes and booking fee, for travel 9 Sep – 27 Oct, subject to availability

[sn26567]

Thanks to Airline Route, here is a list of the bmibaby routes and when they will be closed:

The airline will stop operation in 2 phases, with 19 routes cancelled from 11JUN12, while the remaining will be cancelled from 10SEP12.

Details:

Cancelled from 11JUN12 (Frequencies are from late-June to early-September 2012)
Belfast City – Alicante 4 weekly
Belfast City – Amsterdam 4 weekly
Belfast City – Birmingham 14 weekly
Belfast City – East Midlands 16 weekly
Belfast City – Faro 3 weekly
Belfast City – Ibiza 1 weekly
Belfast City – London Stansted 11 weekly
Belfast City – Mahon 2 weekly
Belfast City – Malaga 3 weekly
Belfast City – Palma Mallorca 3 weekly
Birmingham – Amsterdam 13 weekly
Birmingham – Knock 6 weekly
East Midlands – Amsterdam 13 weekly
East Midlands – Edinburgh 11 weekly
East Midlands – Geneva 2 weekly
East Midlands – Glasgow 11 weekly
East Midlands – Newquay 2 weekly
East Midlands – Nice 5 weekly
East Midlands – Paris CDG 9 weekly

Cancelled from 10SEP12 (Frequencies are from late-June to early-September 2012)
Birmingham – Alicante 6 weekly
Birmingham – Barcelona 4 weekly
Birmingham – Faro 5 weekly
Birmingham – Lisbon 2 weekly
Birmingham – Malaga 8 weekly
Birmingham – Murcia 4 weekly
Birmingham – Nice 1 Daily
Birmingham – Palma Mallorca 7 weekly
Birmingham – Prague 3 weekly
Birmingham – Rome 4 weekly
East Midlands – Alghero 2 weekly
East Midlands – Alicante 11 weekly
East Midlands – Almeria 3 weekly
East Midlands – Barcelona 5 weekly
East Midlands – Catania 1 weekly
East Midlands – Corfu 1 weekly
East Midlands – Dubrovnik 3 weekly
East Midlands – Faro 9 weekly
East Midlands – Gibraltar 3 weekly
East Midlands – Ibiza 3 weekly
East Midlands – Jersey 1 Daily
East Midlands – Mahon 5 weekly
East Midlands – Malaga 13 weekly
East Midlands – Malta 2 weekly
East Midlands – Murcia 2 weekly
East Midlands – Naples 2 weekly
East Midlands – Palma Mallorca 12 weekly
East Midlands – Venice 4 weekly
East Midlands – Verona 2 weekly

[appel]

What about east-midlands - colonge?
i haven't seen this route anywhere in the lists
or is it already cancelled?

[sn26567]

What about east-midlands - colonge?
i haven't seen this route anywhere in the lists
or is it already cancelled?

Indeed, no direct flights anymore between EMA and CGN.

[Comet]

What about east-midlands - colonge?
i haven't seen this route anywhere in the lists
or is it already cancelled?

That route did not last very long, and it was flown by bmi Regional (certainly when it first started up) with an ERJ.

[Strakerias]

Hello!

Does anybody know if BMI Baby will fly from Manchester to Lisbon this year ?

Thanks

[Charlie Roy]

Does anybody know if BMI Baby will fly from Manchester to Lisbon this year ?

The only scheduled flights this year between Manchester and Lisbon are with www.flytap.com

[airazurxtror]

Last ever BMIbaby flight to-day :
WW5330 Malaga - East Midlands

http://www.bmibaby.com/bmibaby/offers/l ... ewell.aspx

http://www.air-journal.fr/2012-09-09-bm ... 55756.html
Bmibaby est la dixième compagnie européenne à arrêter ses opérations en 2012, après Spanair (Espagne), Central Connect Airlines (République tchèque), Malev (Hongrie), Cimber Sterling (Danemark), Skyways et City Airlines (Suède), Air Finland (Finlande) et OLT Express (Pologne) ou WindJet (Italie).

[cathay belgium]

Hi,

RIP BMI BABY, RIP TINY !!

Had 2 flights with them, AMS-BHX-AMS , old aircraft and quite dirty but great crew (really great ! ) and superliveries !
Fares weren't that low cost at all..BTW ..
But I loved their mascotte TINY..

Don't think they will be missed .. Fly Be will fill the gap

CX-B