BMI reduces flights from Heathrow

THE second largest airline operator at Heathrow has announced it is cutting dozens of services from its weekly schedule of flights.

BMI British Midland is scrapping part of its domestic network and slashing capacity to Europe in an attempt to stem losses.

The airline is expected to announce today that it is axing two of its services between Heathrow and Leeds and Bradford and Durham Tees Valley.

A total of seven daily departures will be cut, on top of the previously announced closure of the twice-daily service between Heathrow and Jersey.

Services between Heathrow and Dublin will be cut from seven a day to six and to Amsterdam from seven to four.

Capacity on the Heathrow to Aberdeen and Brussels routes is being trimmed by using smaller aircraft.

BMI suffered the biggest loss in its history last year and 5,000 staff are expected to be told of worsening trading conditions blamed on dwindling business and leisure traffic.