This is index of all the bmi stories on the Airreview News website. If you want to see stories about other airlines, use the index on the left.

More changes for bmi Diamond Club

bmi has announced a radical overhaul of it's Diamond Club Frequent Flyer scheme. Many upgrade perks have been axed, and all the old paper upgrade vouchers have now been made worthless. However there is a new logo. 1st Dec 2009

Massive cuts at bmi as Lufthansa takes over

bmi is axing a large number of high frequency routes, and cutting two thirds of its long haul fleet. 1st Dec 2009

Bmi cuts its baby

Bmi’s subsidiary Bmibaby has announced a restructuring programme that will see its fleet cut by nearly 30 per cent from 17 to 12 aircraft next year, with a refocus on flights from its main base at East Midlands airport. 27th Nov 2009

bmi increase rates, cut redemptions

bmi has yet again changed the Diamond Club, making further reductions to the possibilities of using bmi miles for flights on Star Alliance airlines. 5th April 2009

Bmi scrap longhaul from Manchester.

BMI will stop all of its Manchester long-haul flights early next year, and transfer its two A330s to other routes from London Heathrow. 10th November 2008

Bmi sold to Lufthansa.

Lufthansa is buying the 50% of bmi owned by BMI chairman Sir Michael Bishop, who forced the purchase under a long-standing agreement. Frequent Fliers are concerned at the impact on the Diamond Club. 8th November 2008

Bmi downgrades domestic services.

Bmi is to downgrade services on four domestic routes. Smaller planes will be used and flights will be retimed. It has resulted in Bmi removing aircraft details from its website so, at the time of booking, passengers no longer know which plane type will be operating their flight. 26th October 2008

bmi doubles flights to Moscow.

bmi has announced a new daily service between London Heathrow and Moscow Domodedovo, starting 26 October. The new service is an overnight flight leaving Heathrow at 2155. 26th October 2008

bmi end LH Miles and Cash deals .

The airline bmi has confirmed that it will no longer offer Miles and Cash awards for Lufthansa First Class awards. 8th August 2008

New Joint Star Alliance lounge at Heathrow.

The Star Alliance has opened a joint lounge for premium customers at London Heathrow Terminal 1. It has a first class and a business side. 13th July 2008

New arrival lounge for Star at Heathrow.

bmi and South African Airways have linked up to provide a new arrivals lounge at Terminal one at London Heathrow airport. The new lounge will be available to SAA customers who are travelling in Business class, plus the usual top tier Frequent Fliers. 17th May 2008

End of bmi looming as Lufthansa plans takeover.

Lufthansa has warned it plans to exercise an option to buy control of bmi by the middle of 2009, with it's main aim of securing valuable slots at London's Heathrow airport. 15th April 2008

bmi insists on a move on time.

bmi says that it will strongly resist any bid to delay Star Alliance's long-anticipated move into London Heathrow's Terminal 1. 1st April 2008

All change at Heathrow.

British Airways' move to Terminal 5 is engendering a domino effect as airlines and alliances shift across Heathrow. 10th Feb 2008

bmi still rejecting LHR trans-Atlantic.

Bmi says it will continue to consider whether to fly out of Heathrow following the start of Open Skies next month. 10th Feb 2008

No longer bmi for Inverness and Nice from Heathrow.

Bmi has announced that from the start of the summer schedule on 30 March the daily service from Heathrow to Inverness will be cancelled . 27th November 2007

bmi is cutting back on its plans to expand transatlantic.

bmi, the airline previously known as British Midland -- is now no longer planning to fly to the US from Heathrow as soon as it's allowed to under the new Open Skies agreement 10th September 2007

Stories before this point are in the Archive.