Virgin Atlantic and bmi have agreed to expand their codeshare deal on the domestic flights of bmi to Amman, Tel Aviv, Beirut, and Tehran effective immediately. Both of the carriers already hold a codeshare agreement on the services to and from Brussels, Venice, Amsterdam, Palma, Hanover, and Dublin from the London Heathrow Airport, which link to the long-haul flights of Virgin Atlantic from the airport. The long-haul flights include those from Boston, Newark, Los Angeles, and the JFK Airport in New York, which are all North American cities.
Martyn Bridger, the Commercial Director for bmi, said that they are [...]

The traditional discounts on airfare for the month of January have started earnestly with many airlines joining the price war. bmi has cut their prices on several of their Middle Eastern and European flights which include Moscow flights starting at £185 and Amman flights to start at £399. Plus, flights to Glasgow or Edinburgh will start at £64, and flights for Dublin will start at £57. easyJet has announced that they will be having a seat sale as well that will start this week in a series, with prices to be revealed.
Ryanair is yet another airline who [...]

bmi announced that they are launching the second stage of their market leading campaign with the removal of all fuel surcharges for short-haul services, which started on Wednesday, December 17th. This means that travelers will get the chance to enjoy cheaper fares by choosing bmi to fly from regional airports straight to destinations throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
The airline’s first campaign stage was initiated early last month by removing the fuel surcharges on their United Kingdom and European network flights to and from the Heathrow Airport. This initiative gave recognition to the current economic environment,as well as [...]

Virgin Atlantic has taken a chance in forging a tie-up with bmi, a British airline, directly after Lufthansa, a German carrier, announced that they are poised to be the majority shareholder of bmi.
Virgin Atlantic’s proposal is to combine their operations with bmi for £318 million, which is a deal that may create a super-airline in Europe. Lufthansa now has an 80% hold in bmi and is anticipated to make a bid on the last 20%, which Scandinavian Airlines owns. Scandinavian Airlines has put the stake and themselves up for sale.
The offer from Virgin Atlantic was vague, but it [...]