Airline Name :    Bmi Airlines

Corporate Website Address of Airline :    www.flybmi.com

About Bmi Airline

BMI is a scheduled airline based in Donington Hall, close to East Midlands Airport, United Kingdom. The airline flies to destinations in Europe, the United States, the Caribbean and Saudi Arabia whilst its operational bases are Manchester Airport and London Heathrow Airport where it holds 12% of all take off and landing slots and operates over 2000 flights a week. bmi is a trading name of British Midland Airways Limited which formerly operated as British Midland. In January 2007, bmi bought British Mediterranean Airways which will enable it to serve a wider range of destinations in Africa and the Middle East.
The airline dates back to the formation of Derby Aviation Limited on the 16 February 1949. Derby Aviation was a subsidiary of Air Schools Limited which had been formed in 1938 to train pilots for the RAF. In 1949, the company formed both Derby Aviation based at Burnaston near Derby and Wolverhampton Aviation based at Pendeford, near Wolverhampton offering ad-hoc charter and freight flights with De Havilland Dragon Rapides, as well as aircraft maintenance and brokerage.
On 1 October 1964 the company changed its name to British Midland Airways (BMA)