About us

Key facts

bmi is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world's busiest and best-connected international airports. From our Heathrow hub we operate services in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa.

Below are some key facts and figures about us, past and present.

Date formed

Name

1938

Air Schools Limited

1949

Derby Aviation Ltd

1959

Derby Airways Ltd

1964

British Midland Airways Ltd

1986

British Midland

2001

bmi british midland

2002

bmi

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(inc bmibaby)

2005

2006

2007

2008

Turnover

£869m

£905m

£1023m

£1045.9m

Passengers

10.5m

10.5m

10.6m

10m

Pre-tax profit/(loss)

£10m

£29.7m

£15.5m

(£155.6m)

Revenue passenger km (scheduled)

9325m

9776m

10387m

10997m

Countries flown to:

Route:

Armenia

Heathrow - Yerevan

AustriaHeathrow - Vienna

Azerbaijan

Heathrow - Baku

Belgium

East Midlands - Brussels
Edinburgh - Brussels
Leeds Bradford - Brussels 

Denmark

Aberdeen - Esbjerg
Edinburgh - Copenhagen
Glasgow - Copenhagen

Egypt

Heathrow - Cairo

Ethiopia

Heathrow - Addis Ababa

France

Manchester - Lyon
Heathrow - Nice

Germany

Heathrow - Berlin
Heathrow - Hanover

Georgia

Heathrow - Tbilisi

Holland

Aberdeen - Groningen

IndiaHeathrow - Amritsar (from 13 October 2011)

Iran

Heathrow - Tehran

Jordan

Heathrow - Amman

Kazakhstan

Heathrow - Almaty

Kyrgyzstan

Heathrow - Bishkek

Lebanon

Heathrow - Beirut

LibyaHeathrow - Tripoli 
MoroccoHeathrow - Agadir (from 29 October 2011)
Heathrow - Casablanca
Heathrow - Marrakech 
NorwayHeathrow - Bergen
Heathrow - Stavanger

Republic of Ireland

Heathrow - Dublin

Russia

Heathrow - Moscow Domodedovo

Saudi Arabia

Heathrow - Dammam
Heathrow - Jeddah
Heathrow - Riyadh

Sierra Leone

Heathrow - Freetown

Sudan

Heathrow - Khartoum

Switzerland

Edinburgh - Zurich
Heathrow - Basel

Syria

Heathrow - Damascus

UK

Heathrow - Aberdeen
Heathrow - Belfast City
Heathrow - Edinburgh
Heathrow - Manchester
Aberdeen - Norwich
Manchester - Aberdeen
Manchester - Edinburgh
Leeds Bradford - Edinburgh
Leeds Bradford - Glasgow

Aircraft type

Number in fleet

A330-200

1

A321-200

7

A320-200

7

A319-100

11

Embraer 145

14

Embraer 135

4

         

Number of employees

3604

Owner

Shareholding

LHBD

100%


Last updated 9 September 2011.

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