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Jump to postI wasn't aware that bmibaby have ever released exact financial details of their performance, rather they simply inform about whether they made a profit or a loss, and how many passengers over the financial year they carried. With the various security and weather incidents over the last twelve months...
Jump to postI don't see bmi selling off bmibaby any time soon, the company is responsible for 40% of the bmi group's total passenger count and represents a significant and profitable investment by the bmi group. bmi's deputy CEO has said on a few occasions over the last few months following the BMED merger and ...
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Jump to postI think people are very quick to criticise bmi's management team without realising the very difficult circumstances that they've found themselves in over the last six years following 9/11. After that time which saw the aviation world turned upside down, in the UK we saw a massive explosion of low-co...
Jump to postbmi management have said no to the Airbus 340 for trans-Atlantic or middle Eastern growth because it has two engines more than they're looking for, however beggars can't be choosers.
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Jump to postRemember that this is all theoretical at this stage, but it does indicate that Lufthansa are looking seriously into purchasing bmi ahead of Open Skies taking place. Lufthansa clearly has a lot to benefit from becoming the owner rather than a majority shareholder in bmi, mainly that they can make the...
Jump to postThere are very strict confidentiality issues which you agree to when you sign up with most companies, including handling agents and airlines. Even though you may only be giving your two cents concerning a competitor or a new service your own company has introduced, if people know who you work for it...
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Jump to postThe idea of "we're doing enough" or "we don't need to do anything" simply is not an option. I'm not speaking against aviation, I am one of the industry's biggest fans and am pleased as a young person to be involved in an industry which is at the cutting edge of technology and in bridging together a ...
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Jump to postI really detest the sour and sarcastic attitude of some of our American colleagues over this very serious issue. Time and time again in the short life of this thread I have re-iterated this is not a post to slate your own views on the existence of man-made climate change, it is to discuss to what ex...
Jump to postEMA are having; Servisair handled 1x MyTravel Airways Airbus A320 (same as last year) 1x Air Malta Airbus A320 (replacing bmi Airbus A320) 1x First Choice Airways Airbus A321 plus 1x Boeing 767-300 (this year for six days a week) 2x Thomsonfly Boeing 757 plus 2x Boeing 737 Menzies handled 1x Thomas ...
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Jump to postWith the wave of industry consolidation currently taking place, including companies interested in partners of British Airways such as Iberia, would British Airways realistically consider joining an existing group of merged airlines rather than wanting to be the main purchasing force buying another a...
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Jump to postIf Lufthansa purchased Iberia, what is the possibility that Iberia could eventually take-over Spanair? In terms of business model if Iberia was to move into the Star Alliance, they would be joined by Spanair who are already a member and owned by Lufthansa's partner and co-owner of bmi - SAS. If the ...
Jump to postAs a <acronym title="Pisa - San Giusto / Galileo Galilei (PSA / LIRP), Italy">PSA</acronym>, I like to think that the best check-in passengers receive is when either they know you're going out of your way to look after them or more often when you're making an effort to process them as human beings r...
Jump to postAs long as I work my required number of hours each week, plus over time when required, my company has little problem with whether I work to the initial roster published as we are allowed to shift swap. My manager knows I prefer not to work at certain time because of education commitments and this is...
Jump to postbmibaby name all of their aircraft with short common expressions with the word "baby" in them, or adding "baby" to a destination or local charity. Always gets publicity in local papers when they do this, and can't imagine it costs a fortune to spray on or stick on these titles on the nose.
Jump to postThis thread, for what seems to be the 100th time, is not about whether climate change exists or not, it is about what aviation can do to reduce it's environmental impacts whilst continuing to function in an economic fashion. Please do not let this post become an anti-environment, anti-Al Gore thread...
Jump to postThat is the title of the thread! Aviation emits greenhouse gases, which common concensus, or at least the majority of the population now believe, causes climate change. Wherever your political or scientific issues lie with climate change, this is what aviation should do, not if climate change exists...
Jump to postPossibly <acronym title="Marseilles - Provence (Marignane) (MRS / LFML), France">MRS</acronym> considering they have developed a low-cost terminal concept, though I believe easyJet still use the traditional terminal there. <acronym title="Barcelona (- El Prat) (BCN / LEBL), Spain">BCN</acronym> has ...
Jump to postOnce again, this is not a debate like the previous thread on the realities of global warming, this is an aviation specific thread about operationally and in terms of marketing, what the aviation industry can do to minimise it's impact on the environment and improve it's image in the eyes of the glob...
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Jump to postWhether you believe in climate change or not, and there is certainly debate raging throughout the forum about the effects of climate change, aviation is being targeted by environmental groups and governments as a major source of climate change, despite only contributing 1.6% of the greenhouse gases ...
Jump to postI'm flying clickair and vueling next week and was wondering if anybody had had the chance to experience either carrier and any feedback that they had. Also, I've pre-assigned myself a seat with vueling but couldn't with clickair, when do they assign seats?
Jump to postI think that the Embraer could be a good replacement for a number of the smaller types in the Lufthansa Group fleet, despite the fact that they have a large amount of Bombardier aircraft. The E-Jets have already been ordered by Swiss though have been deferred for some time, and bmi (Lufthansa owns 3...
Jump to postTom as ever a fantastic post, am looking forward to seeing the pictures online, and hopefully you passing your exams so you can be strutting about the terminal at <acronym title="Nottingham / Leicester / Derby - East Midlands (Castle Donington) (EMA / EGNX), United Kingdom">EMA</acronym> soon. <TABL...
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Jump to postWith some airlines, the crews are required to fit in a lot of information in a short space of time, which means announcements have to be rushed to an extent to fit all the information in. When I flew with Ryanair recently, the number 1 had to do the usual welcome, local time and safety information o...
Jump to postDid British Midland sell because it was cheaper to have staff trained to their service standards but not directly employed thus cutting out terms and conditions etc? Why was it only predominantly ramp, did bmi want to maintain certain front of house standards? I remember BMHS used to do some third p...
Jump to postB747-437B has pretty much answered the question for you, but just to put my own spin on it. In 2001, British Midland decided to sell off it's third party handling agent Midland Airport Services (or MAS), as well as all ramp handling from British Midland Handling Services (BMHS) which looked after Br...
Jump to postWhy do we need more than one legacy carrier, look at other European countries like France, Germany, Spain, Italy - they have their legacy flag carrier, then all other competition is from low cost, regional or charter airlines? Britain has a history of having a second airline, after BOAC & BEA merged...
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Jump to postHi to everyone who has offered their assistance, thank you and I will be contacting you next week. The information PAX that I need translating is a small paragraph which all of our employees are required to know, and thought it would be benefitial considering the number of international customers we...
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Jump to postAirports are the only place in the United States to receive horrible treatment as a tourist. I have family in Chicago, and visit them either once a year or every other year, and during my entire trip I'll be treated courteously by any customer service staff I come into contact with and generally Ame...
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Jump to postHi there, I'm looking for any French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Czech or Polish speakers who might have 10 minutes free to spare translating a paragraph of instructions from English into these languages. I considered using a free web translator, but the quality is very poor. If ...
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