In 2012 British Airways purchased bmi (British Midland) and bmi Baby from Lufthansa

This was a significant change for british airways and the largest merger in the UK in modern times

The changes included

• Transfer of Aircraft to BA (A319, A320, A321) for operations in LHR T1, T3, Mid Haul T5 and at LGW.

• Transfer of engineering hangar at LHR to BA with rebranding

• Transfer of routes to british airways with new BA procedures and systems in dozens of new countries

• New BA operations in T1 and terminal rebranding

• TUPE of bmi staff to BA (with significant numbers of Crew)

• Commercial transfer of customer bookings, and re-enrolment of customers in executive club

• Contractual property and supplier contract changes

Exit and Closure activity

• Transitional period with the Exit of A330 and 737 fleet following the unfortuante closure of bmibaby

• The bmi regional sale

• Closure of some routes

• Closure of some office locations

• Exit from Star Alliance

My Role in this programme

Intial bid and establishing PMO

• I supported with due diligence activity for the transaction

• I setup the initial PMO as part of the small programme team

• Support with coordinating legal questions with all parties

• Programe scope, deliverables and high level plan

Team upscaling

• Onboarding of BA, bmi and contractors j

Project Management

• Project management of new airport transitions and market exits