HUYfan From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 1372 posts, RR: 3 Posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1811 times:
bmi will start a 3 times weekly London Heathrow to Dammam, Saudi Arabia service in the first quarter of 2008. The route will be operated with ex-BMED A321 aircraft via a second airport, likely to be somewhere in Turkey or the Levant.
Humberside From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2005, 4900 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1775 times:
UA codeshare also announced today, as well as the launch of Cairo. Things seem to be going in the right direction for bmi, with a good niche to the Middle East developing. Hopefully they can manage these services right and make a succes of them
Any wod on a TK codeshare - with TK joining Star this would seem logical and would give bmi access to the IST market
BestWestern From Ireland, joined Sep 2000, 6427 posts, RR: 58 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1772 times:
I understand that it will be via Riyadh, on the A330. Good news from BD, as their Saudi flights are higher yielding, but much lower low volume than expected.
BMI chief executive Nigel Turner said: “Over the past two years we have established a highly-successful presence in the Saudi market and are very pleased to extend services to include Dammam, strengthening our position in the region.
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1734 times:
Quoting HUYfan (Reply 3): I was told today by the powers that be that it will NOT be an A330 route. May be wrong though?
It's been an Arkefly 767 up to now, hasn't it ? Not ideal, I'd have thought, especially on a new route that needs beefing up with the best possible onboard product.
Runway23 From US Minor Outlying Islands, joined Jan 2005, 2037 posts, RR: 39 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1734 times:
HUYfan From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 1372 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1594 times:
I would guess no, but KLM do sell DMM-DOH-DMM. Not sure how it works with domestics. I was under the impression that the BD RUH flights were normally full, does this mean they are not performing as well as hoped?
DavidByrne From New Zealand, joined Sep 2007, 1526 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
Slightly off-topic, but is "Dammam" the same airport as "Dhahran"? Both places appear to be part of the same conurbation. Back 15+ years ago, I flew Riyadh-Dhahran (DHA) on SV, and the DHA-AMS on KL a few days later. I note now that the airlines seem to serve "Dammam" instead, but given that they're the same "city", almost, I was wondering if it was in fact the same airport, renamed?
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CcrlR From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 2203 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1297 times:
Quoting HUYfan (Reply 6): Will the return be nonstop from Dammam?
777way From Pakistan, joined Dec 2005, 5164 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (5 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1158 times:
Quoting DavidByrne (Reply 10): Slightly off-topic, but is "Dammam" the same airport as "Dhahran"? Both places appear to be part of the same conurbation. Back 15+ years ago, I flew Riyadh-Dhahran (DHA) on SV, and the DHA-AMS on KL a few days later. I note now that the airlines seem to serve "Dammam" instead, but given that they're the same "city", almost, I was wondering if it was in fact the same airport, renamed?
DAH has been converted to a military air base, while DMM is located in Dammam which is another city it also caters to Dhahran and Al-Khobar.
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