BMI airline

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British Midland Airways Limited (BMI), is a scheduled airline based in Donington Hall in Castle Donington, England, United Kingdom, close to East Midlands Airport. The airline flies to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia while its operational base is London Heathrow Airport where it holds 11% of all take off and landing slots and operates over 2,000 flights a week. In January 2007, BMI bought British Mediterranean Airways which has enabled it to serve a wider range of mid-haul destinations.
British Midland Airways Limited holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence. It is permitted to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
On 29 October 2008, Lufthansa announced that it was acquiring share (50% + 1 vote) of BMI for around €318 million, giving it an 80% shareholding, the deal expected to close in January 2009 (the other shareholder being Scandinavian Airlines)[4]. The merger was delayed while the European Commission considered the effect on competition but was approved on 14 May 2009.

In June of 2009 it was announced that Lufthansa is to buy the remaining stake in the airline from Michael Bishop for less than originally agreed. Due to landing rights issues the stake will tentatively be held by a Lufthansa-controlled but British-based LHBD Holding. Once new bilateral agreements are in place, Lufthansa will take direct control. In July 2009 Lufthansa took control of BMI.

Austrian Airlines

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Austrian Airlines AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the national airline of Austria, headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Wien-Umgebung.Together with regional subsidiary Tyrolean Airways (Austrian Arrows) and charter arm Lauda Air, it operates scheduled services to over 130 destinations. Its main base is Vienna International Airport, with a hub at Innsbruck Airport.
Austrian Airlines was founded on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 31 March 1958 when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England via Zurich. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. It launched domestic services on 1 May 1963. The airline's transatlantic services began on 1 April 1969 with a Vienna to Brussels and New York service in co-operation with Sabena.
Austrian became a member of the Star Alliance in 2000. That year, Austrian acquired Lauda Air, an airline whose operations included long haul flights, and acquired Rheintalflug on 15 February 2001. Its name was shortened to Austrian in September 2003 when it rebranded its three constituent carriers. On 1 October 2004 the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and Lauda Air were merged into a single unit, leaving Lauda Air as a brand name only for charter flights. Air France - KLM recently has been outbid by German carrier, Lufthansa. Lufthansa is the airlines preferred buyer.

In November 2008 Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa announced that Lufthansa is to acquire ÖIAG's stake and the 2% held by Austrian Airlines itself at a price of 1 cent per share and an as yet unspecifed percentage of the floating stock at a price of €4.50 per share, giving Lufthansa a controlling stake in Austrian Airlines. After approval from the European Commission, Lufthansa will merge Austrian Airlines into its operations from September 2009 .

A major focus in the Austrian Airlines route network is Eastern Europe and the Middle East, much of which is operated by subsidiary Tyrolean.

In 2006, in a move to save about US$51 million per year, Austrian Airlines decided to eliminate its A330 and A340 fleet, which consisted of four Airbus A330-200 (OE-LAO, OE-LAN, OE-LAM, OE-LAP), two Airbus A340-200 (OE-LAH and OE-LAG) and 2 Airbus A340-300 (OE-LAL and OE-LAK). Some of these aircraft were sold to TAP Portugal, Swiss and the French Air Force. As a result in having less long haul capacity, Austrian suspended some of its long-haul flights to East Asia and Australia. Flights to Shanghai ended in January 2007 while flights to Phuket, Mauritius and Colombo and Malé ended in April 2007 and those to Kathmandu ended in May 2007.

March 2007 also saw the termination of the Austrian Airlines longest flights, Vienna-Singapore-Melbourne and Vienna-Kuala Lumpur-Sydney routes, ending operations on the Kangaroo Route. This was Melbourne's last European-based airline connecting the city with direct flights to Europe.
Austrian was one of the few airlines to fly into post-war Iraq when it began flights to Erbil in December 2006. However, the flights were discontinued the following year. Flights to Erbil were resumed on April 2, 2008.

Meridiana airline

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Meridiana is an airline based in Olbia, Italy. It is Italy's third largest airline operating domestic and European services, as well as intercontinental flights by its subsidiary Eurofly. Its headquarters are at Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, but the main hubs is at Cagliari-Elmas Airport. Meridiana holds smaller hubs at Catania-Fontanarossa Airport, Florence Airport, Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport, Palermo International Airport and Verona Airport , and feeds into the bases of Eurofly at Milan Malpensa Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport.
The airline was founded as Alisarda on March 29, 1963 by the Aga Khan, Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī, as an air-taxi and charter operator to promote tourism to Sardinia. Scheduled services began in 1964 from Olbia. In 1989, 35% of new stock was released to new shareholders to strengthen the company and the name Meridiana was adopted on 3 May 1991. The first international services were operated later in 1991 to Barcelona, Paris, London and Frankfurt.