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bmi cancel Leeds Bradford and Durham Tees Valley service

19th February 2009 bmi have advised TD that they are cancelling their Leeds Bradford and Durham Tees Valley to Heathrow services on 28 March 2009.

bmi said, "The decision to withdraw Heathrow to Leeds Bradford and Durham Tees Valley was a tough one, as we have operated these routes since 1969. However a decline in demand, higher-than-inflation cost increases at Heathrow and higher Government Air Passenger Duty (APD) charges have made operating these routes unsustainable."

The airline has also advised of the following changes to their summer 2009 flying timetable:

* Increasing Heathrow to Beirut and Amman services to ten per week each from 22 May 2009
* Reducing Heathrow - Addis Ababa service to three per week, now being served over Amman, instead of Damascus from 29 March 2009
* Decreasing Heathrow - Amsterdam service to four per day and Heathrow - Dublin to six per day from 29 March 2009
* Operating Heathrow - Aberdeen service on all Embraer aircraft from 29 March 2009 and Heathrow - Brussels on all Embraer aircraft from 18 April 2009

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