AIRLINE bmi is to take delivery of four Airbus Industrie A319 aircraft with options for five more.

The first three are due for delivery in the next six months and will feature in the summer schedules beginning March 28. The fourth aircraft is to be delivered in 2005.

The 132-seater aircraft will be introduced on services from London Heathrow to Brussels and then on a range of bmi routes from Heathrow.