bmi reaffirms commitment to new routes & frequencies

bmi regional, officially the UK’s most punctual and reliable airline, has reaffirmed its commitment to developing new regional air services and further improving frequencies on existing routes following BA’s announcement to stop its regional operation.

Extra services are being introduced for the summer timetable (effective 26 March to 28 October) to meet the continuing demand for bmi regional flights between Scotland and Manchester and Leeds Bradford. Two additional return flights between Aberdeen and Manchester will take weekday services up to six a day while services from Edinburgh and Glasgow to the North West city will grow to seven and five a day respectively. Improved timings have also been announced between Scotland and Leeds Bradford with new early morning flight departures from Edinburgh

The airline is also launching five new routes for the summer, including Aberdeen-Brussels; Aberdeen-Kristiansand; Edinburgh-Zurich; Leeds Bradford-Copenhagen; and Leeds Bradford-Lille.

Stewart Adams, managing director of Aberdeen-based bmi regional, said: “We continue to expand and develop our regional network of full-service, non-stop flights to key destinations in the UK and Europe and are confident that together with recently announced enhanced benefits to our frequent flyer programme, diamond club, we provide the best service in the market.

“We know passengers prefer jets to turbo-propeller aircraft for reliability and speed. As an all-jet operator we therefore have a unique position over our regional competitors. This has given us the confidence to increase our fleet size to serve some exciting new destinations as well as meet the demand for additional services on some of our more established routes.”