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Seven new routes for summer 12 | 2011 | bmibaby Travel News

 

bmibaby announce seven new destinations for summer 2012 to Gibraltar, Corfu, Murcia, Naples, Lisbon, Rome and Barcelona

 

Plus year round destinations to Cologne and Prague

 

Low cost airline bmibaby has today (18 May 2011) announced seven new destinations as part of its summer 2012 flying schedule.  bmibaby will go on sale with new flights from East Midlands Airport to Gibraltar, Corfu, Murcia and Naples, and from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon, Rome (Fiumicino) and Barcelona.  In addition, bmibaby will launch year round flights to Cologne from East Midlands Airport and to Prague from Birmingham Airport. Flights are available to book now at bmibaby.com

 

bmibaby is the only low cost airline to operate flights from East Midlands Airport to Cologne, Gibraltar and Naples and from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona, Lisbon, Prague and Rome (Fiumicino)

 

The low cost airline will now operate 31 routes from East Midlands Airport and 14 routes from Birmingham Airport, offering an extensive and attractive network of European business and leisure destinations.

 

Julian Carr, managing director, bmibaby, said:

 

“It is fantastic news for the Midlands that we are launching even more routes today.  By offering exciting destinations we want to inspire our customers to make the most of our low fares and experience new destinations from their local airport.

 

“The new routes are part of our expansion strategy for the Midlands.  We recently announced that will be basing two additional aircraft in the Midlands from the end of our summer 2011 flying programme and will now operate a total of 45 routes from the Midlands.  We are committed to further growth in this region.”

 

Brad Miller, managing director, East Midlands Airport said:

 

“Only weeks after announcing an eighth based aircraft and two new routes for winter 2011 from East Midlands Airport, bmibaby has today announced further increases to their route network from the airport, as part of their new summer 2012 schedule.

"Today’s news, together with recent expansion plans, further demonstrates that bmibaby is continually striving to grow its operation and extend its reach out of the East Midlands."

 

Martyn Lloyd, Birmingham Airport, air services development director, said:

 

“This route expansion gives passengers in the Midlands an even greater choice of destinations from Birmingham, removing the need to take long car journeys outside of the region. We’ve invested £100m in the last few years to improve the passenger journey and just last week we opened our new terminal, providing a brand new duty free store, a more pleasant security environment and larger arrivals zone. We look forward to welcoming more passengers to Birmingham and launching these new destinations next summer.”  

 

For more information or to book cheap flights visit bmibaby.com.  bmibaby offers free allocated seating at check in, free online check in if travelling with hand baggage only and a generous 22kg checked in baggage allowance.

 

Customers booking during May will also be offered a number of free benefits including free fast track security at East Midlands Airport, free kids’ bags and families can also pre book seats for free.  Visit bmibaby.com for more details. 

 

Route

Start Date

Frequency

Fares

From East Midlands Airport

Gibraltar

31 March 2012

Up to 3 x week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

From £39.99 (one way inc. taxes)

Corfu

28 May 2012

Up to 1 x week: Monday

From £67.99 (one way inc. taxes)

Murcia

31 March 2012

Up to 2 x week: Wednesday and Saturday

From £44.99 (one way inc. taxes)

Naples

1 April 2012

Up to 2 x week: Thursday and Sunday

From £52.99 (one way inc. taxes)

From Birmingham Airport

Lisbon

31 March 2012

Up to 2 x week: Tuesday and Saturday

From £44.99 (one way inc. taxes)

Rome (Fiumicino)

30 March 2012

Up to 4 x week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

From £36.99 (one way inc. taxes)

Barcelona

29 March 2012

Up to 4 x week: Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday

From £26.99 (one way inc. taxes)