BMI Regional

British Midland Regional Limited (trading as bmi regional) is a British regional airline that operates scheduled passenger services across the UK and Europe. The airline's head office is in East Midlands Airport in North West Leicestershire, with its registered office and operations control located at Aberdeen Airport. The airline has operating bases at Aberdeen, Bristol, Chester Hawarden, East Midlands and Newcastle.

BMI Regional is a former subsidiary of British Midland International (BMI), which was purchased from Lufthansa by International Airlines Group (IAG) on 20 April 2012. BMI Regional was sold to Sector Aviation Holdings in May 2012 operating as an independent airline from October 2012. In August 2015 the airline became part of a new regional airline group, Airline Investments Limited (AIL), along with Loganair

History

The airline was established in 1987 as Business Air and started operations in August 1987. In 1998 Business Air was purchased by British Midland and became British Midland Commuter. In 2001 it changed its name to bmi regional.