Aerospace Diary

BMI notification BD991 Thursday 29th December from Almaty (originating from London Heathrow) diverted to Delhi due to fog at Amritsar. Customers have continued their journey on Air India flights from Delhi to Amritsar on Friday 30th December. BD992 Friday 30th December will now operate late as a result of the diversion to Delhi on Thursday. Timings in local times are as follows: BD992 Amritsar departure 2130 Friday 30th December (local time Amritsar) BD992 Almaty departure 0300 Saturday 31st December (local time Almaty) BD992 Estimated arrival time at London Heathrow on Saturday 31st December at 0445 UK time.

Neelam Mathews Sept 8, 2011 There is a buzz that Lufthansa Group may be looking at selling its loss-making subsidiary British Midland (bmi).

Neelam Mathews June 21, 2011 British carrier bmi - the second largest airline at London Heathrow- may soon start services to Amritsar via Almaty, Kazakhsthan, Aerospace Diary learns from an official in Europe. bmi is part of the Lufthansa family of airlines and also member of the Star Alliance. It had withdrawn flights from Mumbai a few years ago citing lack of passengers. The flight from Amritsar to Heathrow via Almaty will be under 12 hours without any change of aircraft. It is   the shortest time taken by any other carrier including Air India. The introduction of bmi will make it Lufthansa Group's fourth airline into India till the winter schedule when Lufthansa withdraws from Hyderabad.