I’m going to miss bmi! I knew it was coming but it was very sad to see the Star Alliance logo taken off the bmi webpage. I moved to the UK a little under a year ago, and bmi was my UK airline, connecting me to the rest of the Star Alliance network. My home airport is Manchester and Lufthansa had bmi operating some of their flights to FRA and MUC, these were true LH flights but on BD aircraft with BD crews. LH had flights to/from Berlin to London, and FRA to Birmingham also op’ed ...

Could 2012 be a sad year for the Star Alliance? Well looks like it, Star has lost some of it’s shine and could be more on the way?

The hard times for star started when Lufthansa sold off British Midland International (bmi) to their european rival IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia; One World Member airlines. It looks like this sale will go thru, but there is a chance that the UK government might rule this would be a monopoly. Star really wanted Lufthansa to ...

Well this was a first for me, an airport Doctor fighting with an airline captain. With a nice and orderly on time boarding in Munich I took my seat 4D on a Lufthansa Flight operated by bmi for Lufthansa. (LH has BD operating flights for them from MUC and FRA to Manchester and Birmingham). The crew is a bmi crew with one German speaker. Most everyone was in their seats when 3 bright orange vest escort 3 passengers on board. It was a Doctor and some other EMS type people who worked for MUC ...

 Sources say that bmi is in advanced discussions to sell bmi Regional to a U.K investor group previously associated with the regional business. The sale would be in the form of shares of bmi Regional, all assets used in the bmi Regional business including the aircraft fleet, the existing regional route network and the continued employment of the existing staff.

Sources say that transaction documents will be signed shortly and subject to achieving all regulatory approvals, the ...

A very good source tells me that Virgin Atlantic will buy "most of" bmi (British Midland International) within 90-120 days and Virgin Atlanic will join Star Alliance within a year after that. The bmi name will go away and the Virgin Atlanic name will stay after they fully join. Lufthansa is ready to sell bmi after they off load a few more LHR slots trying to make some money back from their "investment". My source adds that Lufthansa wants to make sure that who every they sell too will keep ...

British Midland is offering 1,000 Diamond Club award miles for taking a five-minute survey. The questions are geared primarily toward personal travel habits and BD's route map.

Dear Matthew

We'd like to know what you, as a valued member, think about Diamond Club and bmi. Therefore, we're offering you 1,000 bonus ...