bmi, British Midland International, has announced a new codeshare with sister airline SWISS. Under the agreement, bmi will codeshare with SWISS on all UK to Switzerland routes including Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

The new codeshare with SWISS is effective immediately for travel from 3 March 2010 and will allow bmi to offer fares between Zurich, Geneva and Basel from London Heathrow, London City airport, Manchester, Birmingham International and Edinburgh airport and improve connections between Switzerland and the wider bmi network.

The developing partnership will offer even greater flexibility to customers of both carriers and in particular will connect Scottish and Northern England passengers to SWISS’ network of 76 destinations worldwide (via Switzerland).

Lufthansa has announced that the four-day strike by pilots is over, however, there will continue to be ‘flight irregularities’ over the coming days.

A regular service will operate as of Friday 26 February.

For more information and details of Lufthansa’s special timetables click here.

To check the status of your Lufthansa flight click here

A four-day strike by Lufthansa pilots has started today.

Lufthansa is advising passengers to check the status of their flights before travelling to the airport.

For more information for passengers booked to fly between Monday 22 February and Thursday 25 February check with Lufthansa on 0800 850 6070 or here

Passengers can also check for updates on Twitter @Lufthansa_DE

Thomas Cook has unveiled two new summer routes to Greece from Birmingham Airport.

Flights to the Greek islands of Skiathos and Santorini will be added to the destinations available through Thomas Cook – including Canary Islands, Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Crete, Egypt, Balearic Islands, Tunisia, Malta and Cyprus.

Flights to Skiathos and Santorini will operate from May to October.

To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links.

Flybe is to launch a new three-times-per-week service to Perpignan from Birmingham Airport.

The new Birmingham flights will operate Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays between 13 July and 31 August 2010.

To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links.

Birmingham Airport is set to merge its two terminals into a single terminal facility to improve passenger flow and operational efficiency.

The £15m project will result in a larger centralised passenger security search area, a larger meet and greet arrivals point, and improved shopping and catering facilities for both landside and airside areas.

The one terminal development will start this month and will be completed before the summer season in May 2011.

To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links.

Disruption is expected to flights to and from Ireland today due to industrial action by air traffic controllers in Ireland.

Affected airports are Dublin and Shannon, which will see industrial action between the hours of 14:00 and 18:00, and Cork Airport where industrial action is expected to take place between the hours of 16:00 and 18:00.

Ryanair has cancelled 52 flights due to the industrial action – check here for details of cancellations

To check the status of your Aer Lingus flight click here

For Aer Arann disruptions click here

Birmingham Airport has reopened after this morning’s snow.

The airport is telling passengers to expect delays and to allow extra time to get to the airport.

Passengers should contact their airline for details on the status of their flights.

To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links.

Snow is causing disruption to flights and there are several cancellations today. The below list is not comprehensive list but does offer information on some cancelled flights.

• Eastern Airways – details of cancelled flights can be found here http://www.easternairways.com/latest-news/weather-disruption-6-january-2010.html
• Flybe – details of snow affected flight cancellations can be found here http://www.flybe.com/news/1001/13.htm
• Ryanair flight cancellations here http://www.ryanair.com/en/notices/gops/100105-SNOW_UK_05JAN10-GB
• British Airways – some cancellations – check the status of your flight here http://www.britishairways.com/travel/arrdep/public/en_gb
• easyJet – check your flight status here http://holidays.easyjet.com/FlightCheck/flightdepartures.aspx?lang=en
• Virgin Atlantic – a couple of flight cancellations check here http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/passengerinformation/latestnews/index.jsp

The snow is back and affecting operations at the following airports:

• London City airport is currently closed
• Southampton Airport – flights temporarily suspended
• Birmingham Airport – the runway has been closed, flights not expected to take off before 11:00
• Gatwick – flights have been suspended due to overnight snow
• Cardiff Airport – closed, further news expected at 10:00

Passengers should contact their airline for information on the status of their flights.

For concerns about traffic problems affecting the roads check here http://www.highways.gov.uk/news/breakingnews.aspx

Flight update to follow.