BMI has confirmed it will launch a thrice-weekly
service to Las Vegas from Manchester, as predicted by Travel Weekly (July 12).
The service will start on October 31, with flights on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and target visitors to the city and to onward
destinations such as Arizona and the Grand Canyon.
It has also enhanced its Caribbean schedule, which
starts in November, with more direct, non-stop services.
St Lucia will now be served direct in both directions,
removing a stop in Barbados, and operate on Mondays, which the company said
will be attractive to the honeymoon market.
Twice-weekly flights to Barbados will now also operate
direct and not via St Lucia.
Two extra round-trips have also been
added to Barbados, on December 21 and January 8, to match seasonal demand.
BMI is developing Manchester as its international hub
following frustrations in launching long-haul flights from Heathrow.
It has timed the services to
link up with its domestic flights into Manchester from its other UK points.