British Airways transfers nine bmi routes to British Airways code

British Airways transferred nine bmi routes to British Airways code, effective 23-May-2012, as per a 10-May-2012 GDS timetable display. The routes are as follows:

• London Heathrow-Agadir;
• London Heathrow-Basel;
• London Heathrow-Bergen;
• London Heathrow-Casablanca;
• London Heathrow-Hannover;
• London Heathrow-Marrakech;
• London Heathrow-Nice;
• London Heathrow-Stavanger;
• London Heathrow-Vienna.

Services to Agadir, Bergen, Casablanca, Hannover and Stavanger are new services for the airline. [more - CAPA Analysis]

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