bmi emphasizes its commitment to the Jordanian market

Notes and media contacts

bmi, officially the UK's most punctual British airline and the second largest airline flying out of London Heathrow launched the Amman - Heathrow route in October 2007 as one of the 17 new routes recently added to its ever expanding network. Covering over 41 destinations worldwide from London Heathrow, the airline flies from Queen Alia Airport in Jordan to Heathrow six times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. As a member of Star Alliance bmi offers customers a wide variety of generous advantages opening up a huge network of global destinations. bmi's frequent flyer program, Diamond Club gives travelers the opportunity to collect points earning themselves numerous privileges and rewards.
bmi is the second largest airline at London Heathrow, one of the world's busiest and best connected airports. Across its full mainline and regional network, bmi operates 1,800 flights a week to: Aberdeen; Addis Ababa; Aleppo; Alicante (summer only); Almaty; Amsterdam; Ankara; Antigua; Baku; Barbados; Beirut; Belfast City; Bishkek; Brussels; Cairo; Chicago; Cologne (from Feb 2008); Copenhagen; Dakar; Damascus; Dammam (from March 2008); Dublin; Durham Tees Valley; East Midlands; Edinburgh; Ekaterinburg; Esbjerg; Freetown; Glasgow; Groningen; Hanover; Inverness; Jeddah; Jersey; Khartoum; Las Vegas; Leeds Bradford; London Heathrow; Lyon (winter only); Manchester; Moscow Domodedovo; Naples (summer only); Nice (summer only); Norwich; Palma Mallorca; Riyadh; Tbilisi; Tehran; Tel Aviv (from March 2008); Venice; Yerevan; Zurich.

bmi is a member of Star Alliance, established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer customers worldwide reach and a smooth travel experience. Star Alliance was voted Best Airline Alliance by Business Traveller Magazine in 2003, 2006 and 2007 and by Skytrax in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The members are Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, bmi, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAP Portugal, THAI, United and US Airways. Regional member carriers Adria Airways (Slovenia), Blue1 (Finland) and Croatia Airlines enhance the global network. Air India, EgyptAir and Turkish Airlines have been accepted as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers more than 17,000 daily flights to 897 destinations in 160 countries.

There's never been a better time to fly with bmi.

For further information, please contact:
Ibrahim Ayyad

Senior Accounts Executive

Tel: 00962 6 5602598