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Bmibaby plans expansion at East Midlands
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Bmibaby is planning to increase its capacity at
The airline’s plans for East Midlands come a week after easyJet said it was quitting the airport completely because it did not believe it offered long-term growth potential.
Bmibaby will base three extra aircraft at East Midlands and launch eight routes, to Alghero (Sardinia), Barcelona, Bastia (Corsica), Cork, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Malta, Newquay and Venice.
It will also increase frequencies on key winter and summer routes, add Palma to its winter flying programme, and a run a year-round service to Geneva and Prague.
The airline said the expansion would bring another 350,000 passengers and 2,872 flights to the airport next year. Flights go on sale today.
Bmibaby managing director Crawford Rix said: “We continue to be a champion of the consumer market: currently we are offering no credit and debit card fees on all flights, and skis and snowboards fly free of charge on bookings to any of our ski destinations.
“Plus, all passengers travelling with us are allocated a seat, so there is no need to dash for a seat.
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