bmibaby is a British low-cost airline and a subsidiary of British Midland PLC. It flies to destinations in Europe from its main bases at East Midlands, Manchester, Cardiff, and Birmingham. bmibaby is a member of the bmi Diamond Club, however it is not a member of the Star Alliance so other Star Alliance airlines' passengers cannot earn points on bmibaby flights. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... For City Airport Manchester, UK, see City Airport Manchester. ... East Midlands Airport[1] (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. ... Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB) is a major airport located 5. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is a major British airport located in the town of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... This article refers to an airport in Montana, USA. For airports in Glasgow, Scotland, see Glasgow International Airport and Glasgow Prestwick Airport. ... Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and, in 2007, was the second busiest airport in Scotland and the ninth-busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest in the UK by aircraft movments. ... Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport located some 21 kilometres (13 miles) northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... Membership cards of FFP This article is about airline frequent flyer programs. ... diamond club is the frequent flyer program of bmi (BD), launched in 1987. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... , Castle Donington is a village with a population of around 7000 in the North West of Leicestershire, close to Derby and Nottingham and on the edge of the National Forest. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Boeing 737-200 of low-cost Irish airline Ryanair A low-cost carrier (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier) is an airline that offers low fares but eliminates most traditional passenger services. ... bmi Airbus A320 bmi Airbus A321 in an old, but still frequently seen, colour scheme bmi, (Airline Code: BD) formerly known as British Midland, is the second largest airline in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... East Midlands Airport[1] (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. ... For City Airport Manchester, UK, see City Airport Manchester. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is a major British airport located in the town of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales. ... Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB) is a major airport located 5. ... diamond club is the frequent flyer program of bmi (BD), launched in 1987. ... All Nippon Airways aircraft with Star Alliance livery seen in 2006 A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery while still maintaining its corporate logo on the tail, the only Star Alliance member to do so. ... All Nippon Airways aircraft with Star Alliance livery seen in 2006 A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery while still maintaining its corporate logo on the tail, the only Star Alliance member to do so. ...

bmibaby Ltd holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence, and is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.^[1] The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the public corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of aviation in the UK. It was established in 1972. ...

History

The airline was established on 24 January 2002 ^[2] and started operations on 22 March 2002 with a flight between East Midlands and Málaga. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Málaga Airport (IATA: AGP, ICAO: LEMG) is the main airport for the Costa del Sol of Spain. ...

bmibaby is able to differentiate itself in the marketplace through advertising, low fares, customer service and its website. The site allows passengers to make or change their booking online, view previous bookings and to allocate their seats before checking in, albeit at an extra charge.

In late autumn 2006, the airline announced a significant expansion programme at Birmingham International Airport increasing the number of Boeing 737 aircraft based at the airport from 5 to 8 and the introduction of 8 new routes. In February 2007, the airline announced further growth plans at Birmingham International airport with an additional Boeing 737 aircraft based at the airport, taking the total to 9 and the total amount of routes served to 21, making it the airline's biggest base. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

On 1 March 2007, the airline announced an initiative for business travellers with an 'only choose what you need' approach. Business travellers using the airline now had the option to choose from a range of services such as ticket flexibility, executive lounge access and on-line check in, and only pay for the services they used. The company also announced that bmi's frequent flyers could now gain Diamond Club miles, however, other Star Alliance airlines' frequent flyers cannot.^[3] is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... diamond club is the frequent flyer program of bmi (BD), launched in 1987. ... diamond club is the frequent flyer program of bmi (BD), launched in 1987. ... All Nippon Airways aircraft with Star Alliance livery seen in 2006 A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery while still maintaining its corporate logo on the tail, the only Star Alliance member to do so. ...

Unlike its sister airline, bmibaby are unable to add the points at the airport, this has to be done at time of booking.

New route launched on 11 September 2007 from Birmingham International Airport to Madrid. Services commence on 7 December 2007

New Routes From Cardiff and East Midlands to both Gdansk and Warsaw, These new routes are due to commence on the 9 and 10 February respectively.

New route From Birmingham to Kraków. This route is due to commence on 12 February 2008.

New route From Glasgow to Ireland West Knock from 12 February 2008.

New route From Birmingham to Milan-Bergamo. Begins on April the first.

New route From East Midlands to Nice from 1 April.

Destinations

bmibaby serves these destinations as of June 2007: Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Boeing 737-300

Domestic services - Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,568 × 1,721 pixels, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 536 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,568 × 1,721 pixels, file size: 2. ... 737 in new Boeing Colors. ...

Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow International, Jersey, Manchester For the airport in Aberdeen, South Dakota, see Aberdeen Regional Airport. ... Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport located some 21 kilometres (13 miles) northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ... There is also a airport located on the border of the city of Birmingham and borough of Solihull (and mostly in the latter) in the West Midlands, England. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is a major British airport located in the town of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales. ... East Midlands Airport[1] (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an airport in the East Midlands of England, near Castle Donington in Leicestershire. ... Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI, ICAO: EGPH) is located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and, in 2007, was the second busiest airport in Scotland and the ninth-busiest airport in the UK by passengers and the fifth busiest in the UK by aircraft movments. ... Glasgow International Airport (Scottish Gaelic: ) (IATA: GLA, ICAO: EGPF) (formerly Glasgow Abbotsinch Airport) is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Glasgow city centre, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, Scotland. ... For City Airport Manchester, UK, see City Airport Manchester. ...

International services -

Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Cork, Faro, Ibiza, Gdańsk, Geneva, Knock, Kraków, Lisbon, Malaga, Marseille, Milan Murcia, Nice, Palma, Paris CDG, Perpignan, Prague, Rome, Madrid, Warsaw Location Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Alacant (Catalan) Spanish name Alicante Postal code 03000 - 03016 Website www. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... For other uses, see Bordeaux (disambiguation). ... Cork Airport (IATA: ORK, ICAO: EICK) or Aerfort Chorcaí in Irish. ... Faro is a city in Portugal; see Faro, Portugal a town in Yukon, Canada; see Faro, Yukon. ... “Ebusus” redirects here. ... For alternative meanings of GdaÅ„sk and Danzig, see GdaÅ„sk (disambiguation) and Danzig (disambiguation) Motto: Nec temere, nec timide (No rashness, no timidness) Coordinates: , Country Voivodeship Powiat city county Gmina GdaÅ„sk Established 10th century City Rights 1263 Government  - Mayor PaweÅ‚ Adamowicz Area  - City 262 km²  (101. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Look up knock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Krakow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Lisbon (disambiguation). ... Málaga, a port town in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, Southern Spain Malaga, a fortified wine originating in Málaga. ... City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, the city of Massilia shines Location Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of Marseille Provence M... Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN... This article is about the Spanish city. ... Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Coordinates Administration Country Region Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Department Alpes-Maritimes (06) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration Nice Côte dAzur Mayor Jacques Peyrat (UMP) (since 1995) Statistics Land area¹ 71. ... Palma (old Spanish name Palma de Mallorca) is the major city and port in the island of Majorca (in Catalan: Mallorca) and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. ... The new logo of Aéroports de Paris used since 6 June 2005 Charles de Gaulle International Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG) (French: ), also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), in Paris, is one of Europes principal aviation centres, as well as Frances main international... Perpignan (French: Perpignan, pronounced ; Catalan Perpinyà, pronounced ) is a commune and the préfecture (administrative capital city) of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France. ... For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Spanish capital. ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ...

• Birmingham (Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast, Bordeaux, Cork, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow, Ireland West Knock, Jersey, Kraków [12 February], Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille/Provence, Milan-Bergamo [1 April], Murcia, Nice, Palma, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino)
• Cardiff (Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast, Edinburgh, Faro, Gdansk [9 February], Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Jersey, Malaga, Murcia, Palma, Warsaw [10 February])
• East Midlands (Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast, Edinburgh, Faro, Gdansk [9 February], Geneva, Glasgow, Ibiza, Jersey, Malaga, Nice [1 April], Palma, Paris (CDG), Prague, Warsaw [10 February])
• Glasgow (Ireland West Knock [12 February])
• Manchester (Alicante, Belfast, Bordeaux, Cork, Geneva, Ireland West Knock, Jersey, Malaga, Newquay, Palma, Perpignan, Prague)

Until Autumn 2006, bmibaby operated routes from Durham Tees Valley airport. Following the company's termination of these routes, some have been taken over by FlyGlobespan. This article is about the British city. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...

Fleet

Boeing 737-300

The bmibaby fleet consists of the following aircraft at November 2007^[4] : Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,816 × 2,112 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,816 × 2,112 pixels, file size: 1. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

The Summer 2007 schedules required 20 aircraft in daily use, the other two being spare for maintenance etc. The aircraft are based at Birmingham (9), East Midlands (5), Manchester (4) and Cardiff (3). A previous small base at Durham Tess Valley airport is no longer used. The Boeing 737 is an American short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body jet airliner. ... The Boeing 737 is an American short to medium range, single aisle, narrow body jet airliner. ...

The bmibaby fleet average age is 12.9 years.^[6] Aircraft are named with 'baby' in the title, such as rock a bye baby and baby blue skies. On 25 August 2006 BMI Baby was confirmed as the sponsor of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the UK. One plane is now named ice ice baby. ^[7] To celebrate bmibaby's second base opening, at Cardiff International Airport in 2003, a competition held in local schools resulted in one Cardiff-Based aircraft as "Baby Dragon Fly" is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Elite Ice Hockey League (also known for sponsorship reasons as the bmibaby Elite League) is a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

BmiBaby will be taking delivery of Two Boeing 737-300 from Xiamen Airlines in China both aircraft are currently stored in HongKong *1, Oakland *1.

Sponsorship

bmibaby sponsors:

• Weather broadcasts on ITV1 Wales
• Cardiff's Winter Wonderland
• Cardiff Blues RFC.
• Elite Ice Hockey League in the UK.

ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Official website www. ...

References

External links

• Official website
• Fleet
• Fleet Age
• Picture of a Boeing 737

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