bmi to cease service from Heathrow

February 19, 2008

Leeds Bradford International Airport has today confirmed that bmi is to cease operating the service from London Heathrow, effective from March 28, 2009.

bmi carried in excess of 60,000 passengers on their four-times-a-day service throughout the course of 2008, but had recently experienced reduced levels of traffic in response to the current market conditions.

John Parkin, chief executive of Leeds Bradford International Airport, commented: "This announcement by bmi mainline is of course disappointing news. We are well aware of the importance to our region of regular air links to London and we expect to be in a position to announce new services to the capital shortly.

"Today's announcement by bmi mainline does not affect the regional base at Leeds Bradford which currently offers 46 flights per week to Brussels, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Plans to expand bmi regional with new routes from LBIA are well advanced and continuing."

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