Bmibaby marks seventh year at East Midlands Airport

Bmibaby is this week celebrating seven years of flying from East Midlands Airport.

To mark the occasion, the airline launched its new service to Almeria in Spain today and expects to carry more than 28,000 passengers on the route over the summer.

Since March 2002, bmibaby has carried more than 8.7 million passengers to and from East Midlands Airport.

The bmi subsidiary started out with only one route - to Malaga - but has expanded to the point that it now offers connections to European destinations including Paris, Geneva, Faro and Amsterdam.

Crawford Rix, the airline's managing director, said: "We are very proud of what bmibaby has achieved in seven years of flying from East Midlands Airport.

"We have established ourselves as the Midlands' largest low-cost carrier and have continued to add exciting new routes from the region. This year we start flying to Almeria and Menorca, which are currently not served from the airport."

Bmibaby also announced recently that it will be upping its flights from Birmingham Airport to the popular holiday destinations of Malaga, Alicante, Murcia and Faro this summer.

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