bmibaby announce seven new routes from Belfast City Airport to Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Faro Ibiza,
13-Apr-2011 Low cost airline, bmibaby, has today announced it will base two additional aircraft at Belfast City Airport and offer seven new routes from the airport.
New flights will go on sale today to Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Faro and Ibiza for summer 2012, plus a new year round service to Amsterdam and new flights to Geneva for winter 2011. bmibaby will be the only low cost airline to operate these routes directly from Belfast City Airport.
bmibaby has also announced further growth from East Midlands Airport and Birmingham Airport, with one additional aircraft at each base. The low cost airline will offer two new routes from East Midlands Airport to Toulouse and Chambery for winter 2011. bmibaby is the only low cost airline to operate flights to Toulouse from East Midlands Airport. Both Toulouse and Chambery are gateways to popular ski resorts including Soldeu, Arinsal, Les Trois Vallées and Val d'Isere. More new routes for summer 2012 from Birmingham and East Midlands Airport will be announced soon.
Julian Carr, managing director, bmibaby, said:
"We are pleased to announce the launch of seven new routes from Belfast City Airport. We are committed to flying from Northern Ireland and will base two of our aircraft at Belfast City Airport in order to offer a more comprehensive flying programme.
"The most recent addition to our flying programme from Belfast City was new flights to London Stansted and the new European flights will perfectly complement this. We will be the only low cost airline to operate the new routes to Europe directly from Belfast City Airport and this will make getting away for a sunshine, ski or city break more accessible from Northern Ireland.
"We will also increase the number of aircraft based at East Midlands and Birmingham Airport to offer even more routes and frequencies from the region, thus further strengthening our position in the Midlands. We are proud to offer people even more choice and flexibility plus great service and low fares."
In the current economic climate it is essential for bmibaby to focus on airports where the airline already has a strong market presence and where there are strong growth opportunities for the bmibaby business. Therefore bmibaby has optimised their current flying programme and as a result of this bmibaby will cease operations from Cardiff Airport and from Manchester Airport at the end of the summer 2011 flying programme.
bmi, British Midland International will keep a significant presence at Manchester Airport and recently announced a new service to Frankfurt operated on behalf of Lufthansa, and in addition bmi launched a new service from Manchester to Basel in Switzerland. bmi regional operate frequent services from Manchester Airport to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Lyon.