BMI upgrades mid haul seating in business and economy classes

Business Traveller reports on BMI's upgrade of its mid haul business class cabin.  It applies to Airbus A321 and Airbus A320 aircraft used on routes between London Heathrow and:

- Addis Ababa via Amman

- Almaty

- Baku

- Khartoum via Beirut

- Cairo

- Damascus

- Dammam

- Freetown via Malaga

- Jeddah

- Moscow

- Tbilisi

- Tehran

- Tripoli

- Yerevan

It shows photos of the new seating here.   It is basically a very nice refresh of a rather tired cabin.   Whilst BMI continues to not be profitable for its owner - Lufthansa - it is not surprising, but BMI does not exactly have a world class product for many of these routes.  The main advantage BMI has on most routes is that it is the only Western carrier, but on a few routes (e.g. Cairo) it isn't up with the competition as recliners without in seat power aren't exactly what passes as standard for what are in some cases long haul overnight flights!

Business Traveller reviewed the updated Business Class on the London-Beirut route.