Jaunted - Tag: bmi

Can't Ever Get Enough of Travel Photography

JetSetCD — 2012-01-03T18:49:10-05:00

Some of our recent shots on Instagram

Yo. We already told you last week that we're now on Instagram (username: jaunted), but we thought we'd give you a fair warning that things are about to quadruple in awesome as we prepare for a late winter and spring insanely packed with international travel. That means more awesome, behind-the-scenes travel shots on Instagram from our writers...wherever they may be on this blue globe of ours.

Not only that, but here's a few additional updates we've noticed among the travel brands on Instagram:

bmi Knows What You Want This Summer: Free Cake!

kjb — 2011-08-02T11:00:02-05:00

Even though you might not have British Midland International—or bmi to its friends—flying you anywhere soon, it’s still pretty exciting to hear about an airline adding food and beverage options instead of taking them away.

The airline—they are British after all—plans to introduce free cake to all economy passengers traveling within the UK and Ireland for both elevenses and afternoon tea. The choices will include some pretty decent offerings including victoria sponge, carrot cake, and lemon drizzle—we already are interested if we can request seconds. These treats will be for those flying in Flexible Economy and will be offered between 10am and 12pm and then again between 1:30pm and 5pm.

New Routes from British Airways, United, and Air Berlin Get You Where You Want to Be

kjb — 2010-09-24T09:34:53-05:00

Sometimes it’s hard to stay on top of all the new route announcements that come our way, so we’ve complied a little bit of a rundown below. As long as you can afford the fares, this should definitely help add to your passport stamp collection.

· British Airways:
It seems like South America is getting more and more attention each year, and now British Airways is getting in on the potential for some business and tourism action. The airline is starting service from London-Heathrow to Buenos Aires beginning March 27 of next year. It seems like they’re still working out the specifics, as we’re not totally sure if this will be a few times a week flight or a daily flight. However, what matters is that there’s easy access from the UK to Argentina.

· US Airways:
We’re sometimes hard on US Airways, but we still get excited when an airline is eager to expand their overseas options. US Airways is launching not one, but two, nonstop international routes from their base in Charlotte beginning next May. There will be daily summer service to Madrid and Dublin. The Dublin flights will run through the end of September, but the Madrid flights will last a little bit longer and won’t end until October 29. If you miss out on the seasonal options there’s always flights from Philadelphia.

More Cheap Airfares Come to Twitter with 'bmifridays'

JetSetCD — 2010-07-02T10:40:14-05:00

Jetblue may be the most influential airline currently on Twitter, but it's not just passengers they're impacting. Their popular @JetBlueCheeps account—where super-discounted, limited-time-only fares are announced on Tuesdays—has obviously influenced one European carrier enough to start their own version.

Please welcome bmifridays, from UK carrier BMI! British Midlands is the first Brit airline to launch such an offer, and although the super-discounted routes won't be announced weekly like on Jetblue, they budget prices are comparable.

BMI Anxious to Begin Corkscrewing In For a Baghdad Landing

JetSetCD — 2009-05-04T10:16:06-05:00

Has that pesky little Iraq war been upsetting your Middle East travel plans? If British airline BMI has any say in the matter of increasing air passenger traffic to the good old Baghdad International, then your dreams of family reunions in Fallujah and spa weekends in Basra may not be pipe dreams much longer.

Thanks to a rousing meeting last week between Iraqi officials and UK businesses, British investment in the rebuilding country is looking imminent, and maverick companies will need an airline to shuttle them back and forth between deals in London and Baghdad. The Financial Times breaks the news that BMI is not only considering operating flights between the two capitals, making it the first to successfully re-connect the Isles to Iraq in almost twenty years, but that it would like to do so as early as next spring.

BMI Wipes Israel Off the (In-Flight) Map

JetSetCD — 2009-05-01T13:11:47-05:00

Imagine for a moment that you are traveling with a major airline, and winging your way from one major world city to another, but your destination fails to appear on the in-flight entertinament LiveMap. What do you do? If you're an Israeli heading home from London on a BMI plane, you file a complaint against the airline with your tourism ministry, and get that stuff fixed before it becomes an international incident.

The Cheese Toastie on BMI Will Not Satisfy You

juliana — 2009-04-15T17:56:32-05:00

We know not to expect the best from airline food but this cheese toastie from BMI Airlines is a little too much to take. According to Flickr member kh1234567890:

This delicacy - a cheese 'toastie' was served on the BMI transatlantic ORD-MAN flight. Accompanied by a couple of pieces of mouldy pineapple and some two days old coffee. Yummy.

Why can't airlines just serve cereal or granola? Provided the milk isn't mouldy, it can't be too hard to screw up can it?

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