BMI has announced that it is to cut around 600 jobs and seven flight routes as it moves to combat the recession.
Recently sold to Lufthansa, BMI has been struggling in the current financial climate and many believe it could lose as much as £200million this year.
Flights to several destinations, including Tel Aviv, Kiev and Aleppo, will come to a halt at the end of the year, while flights to Amsterdam seem set to end in March. Other seasonal flight routes will not return.
The airline has also announced that it is to bring to a close its final salary pension scheme. This all follows on from 160 jobs being axed at its budget counterpart, BMIbaby.