bmibaby partners with Germanwings

Low cost airline, bmibaby, has announced a new partnership with Germanwings that will enable customers to book Germanwings flights via bmibaby.com, and bmibaby flights via germanwings.com.

Eighteen of bmibaby’s destinations will be available to book via Germanwings’ website and twenty five of Germanwings’ destinations will be bookable via the bmibaby website, as highlighted in the table below. To book, passengers can simply select the relevant destination and travel dates and they will be automatically transferred to the corresponding booking page of the partner airline.

Crawford Rix, managing director, bmibaby, said:

“We are delighted to announce our partnership today with Germanwings. They are one of Europe’s most successful low cost airlines and it is a great pleasure to be working with them. We both offer great quality at low prices, and ensure that travel within Europe is affordable.

“By providing a direct link between bmibaby.com and Germanwings.com we are offering travellers in Europe even more places to fly to at really low fares.”

Thomas Winkelmann, managing director, Germanwings, said:

“We are very excited to be able to get this new agreement up and running quickly for the benefit of our customers. Partnering with bmibaby increases our presence in the British market."

bmibaby currently offers 30 destinations from Manchester, East Midlands, Birmingham and Cardiff Airport. For more information or to book a flight visit bmibaby.com.

Germanwings is one of Europe’s most successful low-cost airlines. During the summer flight schedule 2009, the airline will serve more than 66 destinations across Europe from its five bases Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart, Berlin-Schönefeld, Hamburg and Dortmund.