Travel advice for bmibaby passengers

bmibaby to cease flying

bmibaby has announced that it will cease flying and is winding down its operations over the next few months.

From June 11 2012, it will no longer operate any routes from Belfast City Airport (to Alicante, Amsterdam, Birmingham, East Midlands, Faro, Ibiza, Mahon, Malaga, Palma and Stansted).

Some services from Birmingham (to Amsterdam, Belfast and Knock) and East Midlands (to Amsterdam, Belfast, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, Newquay, Nice and Paris) will also be discontinued.

All remaining routes will cease to operate  on 9 September 2012.

Why is bmibaby shutting down?

According to the BBC, bmibaby is losing about £25m per year. Following its sale to owner’s IAG, the decision was made to cut the loses.

Will I get a refund?

All bmibaby passengers are entitles to a full refund and passengers should receive an email from the airline explaining the procedure.

Can I get another flight?

bmibaby has said that it will try to book passengers on an alternative bmibaby service where possible. It is not able to transfer passengers to alternative airlines (including bmi or BA).

Other airlines such as Monarch, easyJet and Jet2 have said they may replace some of the cancelled routes, but passengers would have to buy a new ticket.

Search on Skyscanner to see what your options are.

For more information

Visit bmibaby’s help page
Or call the bmibaby helpline on: 0844 245 0055.