TFFIP From Singapore, joined Nov 2008, 203 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 4507 times:
Read today (via Google news) that LH is re-negotiating the BD take over - expected now for June. The sum of money must (?) have been a set amount at the time of the initial deal so what sorts of things would be re-negotiated? Interesting time.
AIR MALTA From Malta, joined Sep 2001, 2361 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 3836 times:
Quoting Hotelmode (Reply 3): They dont have a choice. Sir Michael Bishop had an option to force LH to buy him out at this stage and took it.
And what are they going to do with it??? I don't think Sir Michael Bishop is happy to see its BD stationed at T2 flying to TXL and MXP on behalf of LH. I am afraid BD is going to be ultimately dismantled and its assets (slots) distributed to *A airlines... Oh, they might keep some UK and Ireland feed.
Bwaflyer From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 674 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3622 times:
Quoting AIR MALTA (Reply 4): And what are they going to do with it??? I don't think Sir Michael Bishop is happy to see its BD stationed at T2 flying to TXL and MXP on behalf of LH. I am afraid BD is going to be ultimately dismantled and its assets (slots) distributed to *A airlines... Oh, they might keep some UK and Ireland feed.
I think bmi's demise is always vastly overstated. There's a huge amount of investment, reorganisation, and upgrading going on at the moment. New midhaul catering went live a couple of days ago, several of the older bmed aircraft are receiving seating / IFE upgrades, lounges are being upgraded at LHR with a new international lounge opening shortly, new chauffer drive service introduced across the mid haul network, new premium check in are in T1 opening in April, new upgraded short haul service coming this summer, the list goes on. I really don't think that a commercially savvy company as LH would allow this investment if BD was about to be split up or sold off. Loss making routes are being axed, profitable routes are being developed, new routes are being launched. There is less 'Sir Michael' dogma in the company with a commercial rather than an emotional / historic focus on routes / aircraft / service. Most of us are pretty excited about our 'better for business' developments, and I certainly think bmi next year will be different from bmi today. Yes there's a lot that needs changing, and has been going wrong for years, but I see a lot of these areas are being tackled.
Seemyseems From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2009, 955 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3124 times:
Quoting AIR MALTA (Reply 4): am afraid BD is going to be ultimately dismantled and its assets (slots) distributed to *A airlines... Oh, they might keep some UK and Ireland feed.
I'm not so sure, LH already own Swiss and they've done really well, maybe LH will do something similar with BD.
PurpleBox From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2447 times:
Quoting AIR MALTA (Reply 9): BD is a whole different animal. BD has to compete with BA and all other airlines at LHR. LX has its base in ZRH and is the dominant player there.
It's looking like LH will not be doing an LX with BD - for the reasons given in the quoted text.
On PPRUNE there is speculation that the A330 leases will not be renewed next spring. Don't rule out a link with VS yet.
PurpleBox.
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PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6714 posts, RR: 66 Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2315 times:
LH will inevitably have different business models for LX, BD, SN and OS (not to mention LH Italia). If anyone can pull them all into a highly efficient and successful network I believe LH can. And BD will be a key piece of the plan. I don't believe LH are buying BD to asset-strip them.
AirbusA6 From United Kingdom, joined Apr 2005, 1906 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 1927 times:
BD has been taken over in the middle of a financial meltdown, and not even mighty LH can stomach massive losses forever...Lets's face it, apart from the former BMED routes, BD is painfully squezed between the BAs with their full network and connections, and the LCCs with their low costs and massive European networks. That's why Sir Michael Bishop bailed out!
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