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bmibaby announces new routes from Glasgow and Birmingham


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bmibaby announces new routes from Glasgow and Birmingham
(CAPA) bmibaby announced plans to introduce a new service from Glasgow International Airport to Ireland West Knock. The route is the only way for both business and leisure travellers to access this region of Ireland directly from Glasgow. Flights commence on 12-Feb-08 and will operate three times weekly.

 

bmibaby currently operates over 86 weekly services to/from Glasgow International Airport to Birmingham International, Cardiff and East Midlands airports. The addition of the new Glasgow to Ireland West Knock service will take the total number of weekly services operated to/from the airport by bmibaby to 92.

bmibaby also announced further developments at Birmingham International Airport with the launch of a new service to Krakow in Poland. The new route to Krakow will start with a twice-weekly service, from 12-Feb-08. The airline also plans to ramp up the number of weekly services offered for the Summer. 

bmibaby is the largest carrier at Birmingham International operating over 350 weekly services to/from the airport this Northern Summer. The addition of the new route to Krakow brings the total number of destinations from the airport to 23. The airline plans to announce more new routes for Summer 2008 very shortly.

David Hodge, Commercial Director, bmibaby, said: "bmibaby remains committed to growing its network at Birmingham International airport and will shortly be making further announcements about more exciting new routes that will be launched for summer 2008.”

Peter Vella, Business Development Director, Birmingham International Airport, said: “bmibaby is going from strength to strength here at Birmingham, with a total of 23 popular routes operating from the Airport. We are delighted to have Krakow back as one of the destinations in Birmingham’s expanding portfolio”. 

bmibaby has already launched services to two other Polish destinations, the capital city, Warsaw and the major city port and gateway to the Baltic coast, Gdansk. Both cities are served by the airline from its bases at Cardiff International and East Midlands airports.

Date posted: 12-Nov-07 

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