Birmingham Airport welcomes "12 million passengers in a year" for first time in the airport's history

Birmingham Airport has recorded a new milestone as it continues a journey of unprecedented

growth, breaking through the "12 million passengers in a year" mark for the first time

The record was hit on Easter Monday, 17 April 2017, when the 12,004,124 passengers were

recorded travelling over the last twelve months, between Monday 18 April 2016 and Monday

17 April 2017. This represents a 14.3 percent increase in passenger numbers year on year

The milestone comes less than a year after breaking the 11 million passenger mark on the

Friday 19 August 2016 and 20 months after smashing through the 10 million mark on the

Thursday 27 August 2015

The Airport has recorded 25 months of consecutive record passenger growth as it continues

to attract more airlines, routes and passengers to the Midlands' largest airport

Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Kehoe, said: "We're proud to have served

12 million people since last April as we continue our journey of growth and I would like to

thank of all our passengers, partners and employees for making this happen"

"We will continue to invest in our facilities to improve the customer experience and keep

working hard to attract new airlines that offer exciting destinations to enable the Midlands

economy to grow and tourists to explore"

Over the last year, the Airport has welcomed a number of new airlines, including Jet2, Iberia

Express, Czech Airlines, Alba Star, Cobalt and bmi regional, and this summer will welcome

FlyOne and the return of British Airways to Birmingham Airport

Tuesday 18 April 2017

Birmingham Airport welcomes "11 million passengers in a year" for first time in the airport's history

Birmingham Airport has broken through the rolling "11 million passengers in a year"
total just a year after breaking the 10 million passenger mark in August 2015 - this
represents a 10.2% increase compared with the same period last year

The airport has also recorded its busiest single day to date on Friday 19 August 2016
when 44,767 passengers travelled through the terminal - the previous busiest day was
on Friday 28 August 2015 

The eleven-millionth passenger, James Sheffield from Edgbaston in Birmingham, set
the milestone on Friday 19 August 2016 as he checked in for his United Airlines flight
to San Francisco (via Newark). He was treated by the Airport to a slap up meal and
a magnum of champagne

Birmingham Airport's Head of Communications, Justine Howl is pictured with the millionth passenger, James Sheffield
and United Airlines' Birmingham Supervisor, Anna O'nions and Customer Service Agent, Chris Thacker

Mr Sheffield, who was jetting off to visit friends in San Francisco for a week-long holiday,
said: "Now that was a check-in with a difference! I wondered what was happening when
I arrived at the desk and airport officials approached me, but what a fantastic surprise.
It's kicked off my holiday brilliantly and I look forward to enjoying my huge bottle of
champagne with friends when I return"

Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Kehoe, said: "Reaching 10 million
passengers last August was a big milestone in the airport's history but reaching
11 million is an absolute game changer. It shows that demand for flying to and from
the Midlands is rapidly rising and this is only expected to continue as national and
international investment in the region continues and the Midlands Engine powers on"

"We have celebrated a huge amount of accomplishments recently, including welcoming
an astonishing thirteen new airlines to the airport, creating an even stronger network of
global routes. We now have over 440 direct or one-stop flights globally with 50 airlines
and proudly handle the magnificent Airbus A380 and Boeing "dreamliner" aircraft daily"

"The future is exciting as we focus on the next milestone - twelve million passengers
- and we will be working very hard over the next year to deliver even more connectivity
for our region's business and leisure travellers"

Over the last 12 months, long-haul traffic has increased by 26%, with particular growth
seen on services to the Middle East (+34.1%), North America (+32.6%) and Europe
(+10.8%). Low cost flights increased by 11.5%, scheduled services overall grew by 6.9%
and charter by 2.4%. Monthly passenger number records have been broken consecutively
for the last seventeen months at Birmingham Airport

Monday 22 August 2016

December 2015 passengers at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 683,291 passengers during December 2015 - an increase
of 9.8% on the previous year which makes the month the "busiest December" ever at BHX

As a result BHX handled 10,188,889 passengers in 2015 an increase of 5% on 2014
- a record and the first time the airport has broken the "ten million passengers in a year"
mark in a calendar year in its 75 year history. Records were also set for its busiest month
ever in August and for the busiest day ever on Friday 28 August 2015

Top 5 scheduled routes from Birmingham in 2015 -
Dublin, Dubai, Amsterdam, Belfast and Paris

Top 5 charter/IT routes from Birmingham in 2015 -
Dalaman, Palma, Sharm el Sheikh, Antalya and Tenerife

Long haul traffic saw the greatest increase during the year, up 21.4% over 2014 due to
greater capacity from Birmingham to destinations such as Dubai, Delhi, Amritsar and Beijing

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport said: "2015 was a fantastic year for
Birmingham Airport as we not only handled more passengers than ever before but we also
broke the news that eleven new airlines were being added to our growing list of carriers"

"With brand new services launched to Reykjavik, New York, Madrid, Warsaw, Budapest
and Poznan, plus additional frequencies added to key hubs such as Dubai, Istanbul and
Delhi, we are seeing more airlines realise the huge benefits of flying to and from
Birmingham due to its extensive catchment area and strong economy"

"Looking forward, 2016 is set to be even busier as we get set for the launch of
Qatar Airways, Blue Air, Iberia and Czech Airlines, as well as welcoming the Emirates
Airbus A380 aircraft each day from March"

Overall in 2015, scheduled traffic grew by 5.2% and made up 84% of the overall figure
while charter grew by 3.8% and made up 16% of the total for 2015. This included twice
weekly direct flights to Beijing in the summer of 2015 operated by Hainan Airlines

Scheduled traffic in December accounted for 91.7% of the total with
charter passengers making up the remaining 8.3%

The greatest growth for new scheduled routes in the month of December
was to Barcelona (+207.7%) followed by 100% growth on new routes to
Palma de Mallorca, New York JFK, Warsaw, Madrid and Budapest

Charter routes which experienced significant growth in December were
Fuerteventura (+188.4%), Funchal (+132.9%), Las Palmas (+109.8%),
Cancun (+85.5%) and Antalya (+72.7%)

Tuesday 12 January 2016

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Birmingham Airport handles "10 million passengers in a year" for first time in the airport's 76 year history

Birmingham Airport has broken through the rolling "10 million passengers in a year"
total for the first time in the airport's 76 year history

Latest figures reveal 10,004,119 arriving and departing passengers passed through
the terminal between Friday 28 August 2014 and Thursday 27 August 2015 - this
represents a 5.1% increase compared to the same period the previous year

The airport has achieved nine record-breaking months and four record days, on
the way to breaking the 10 million passenger mark in the past 12 months

Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive, Paul Kehoe, said: "Reaching 10 million
passengers within 12 months is a great achievement for everyone connected
with the airport. It's a real milestone which shows that our strategy of giving
our passengers choice and great customer service is working"

"We have celebrated many accomplishments this year to get to this point, including
American Airlines launching daily flights to New York JFK, Hainan Airlines' historic
flights to Beijing and Emirates launching its third daily service to Dubai"

"We have also seen other airlines commence flights to key destinations such as Madrid
and Reykjavik, as well as monthly and daily passenger records smashed on a regular basis"

Wednesday 2 September 2015

October 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏‏‏‏‏‏‏

Birmingham Airport handled 878,689 passengers during October 2014
- an increase of 5.8% on the previous year

Another solid result and while not a "record month" the airport remains
on track for a record year for the first time since 2008....

.... indeed because of the number of new flybe routes that have been added
for the winter schedule together with the continuation of many that started
during the summer both November and December should be record months

Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport CEO said: "We’ve seen more and more passengers
choose Birmingham Airport this summer, breaking records along the way, so it’s
only fitting we end the season with another really strong performance"

"This summer has raised the bar for next year and we’re confident we can rise
to that challenge. Not only are we seeing many airlines increasing frequencies
and operating bigger aircraft that have more seats for next summer, but recently
we announced two key new routes to New York JFK with American Airlines and
Barcelona with Vueling, both starting in summer 2015"

Paul added: "We’ll look to build on what has been a fantastic summer, as we
enter an equally challenging winter period, supported with new routes to Berlin,
Oslo and Hamburg with Flybe, as well as extended services to Cologne, Toulouse,
Bordeaux, Florence, Oporto and Reykjavik"

While, as a result of the recession, passengers numbers at Birmingham Airport
have hovered around 9 million since 2008 it really does look if they will break
through 10 million for the first time in 2015 - and with some style!
  
During October significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Barcelona 76.7%, Hannover 76.5%, Stuttgart 70.4%,
Milan 68.8%, Jersey 64.3%, Tenerife 36.5%,
Lyon 36.3%, Copenhagen 31.4%, Dublin 24.8%,
Paris 8.0%, Dubai 4.9% and Istanbul 1.5%

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Jamaica 37.9%, Italy 25.3 and Mexico 23.8%
  
Scheduled traffic accounted for 83.8% of the total
passenger traffic in October whilst charter
passengers made up the remaining 16.4%

Wednesday 26 November 2014

September 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 1,008,859 passengers during September 2014

- an increase of 3.4% on the previous year

Another solid result and the third consecutive month that the passengers
numbers have exceeded one million although the total fell just short of the
1,023,111 achieved in 2005 which remains the record September - the airport
however remains of track for a record year for the first time since 2008

The summer has seen a major expansion of services by flybe with new routes to
Alicante, Bordeaux, Cologne, Florence, Ibiza, Newquay, Palma, Porto, Reykjavik
and Toulouse with Berlin, Hamburg and Oslo due to be added for the coming winter

During September significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Milan 67.0%, Ashkhabad 51.2%, Copenhagen 47.7%
Stuttgart 47.5%, Shannon 44.8%, Hannover 42.8%,
Dublin 24.9%, Amsterdam 20.0%, Frankfurt 11.0%,
Dusseldorf 6.8%, Istanbul 3.6% and Dubai 2.1% 

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Italy 43.9%, Cyprus 14.9% and Portugal 12.3%
    
Scheduled traffic accounted for 77.8% of the total
passenger traffic in September whilst charter
passengers made up the remaining 22.2%

   

Wednesday 15 October 2014

July 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏‏‏‏‏‏

Birmingham Airport handled 1,051,052 passengers during July 2014
- an increase of 4.6% on the previous year which makes the month
the "busiest July" ever at BHX

This is yet another excellent result - the second busiest month in
the airport's history and the fourth consecutive month of record
passenger numbers....

.... based on current trends August should be the busiest month ever
at Birmingham Airport and the first to exceed 1.1 million passengers!

Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO, said: "July was a historic month
for us. Not only did we achieve such great passenger numbers, we also
celebrated our 75th anniversary and saw the first ever flight from China
to a non-London airport arrive, and later depart on our newly extended
runway to make its five thousand mile return journey to Beijing"

In addition to the China Southern Airlines Airbus A330 charter flights to
Beijing long haul routes again performed well - up 7.7% in the month -
with Air India recently announcing that their Boeing 787 "dreamliner"
service to Amritsar and Delhi will go daily from November 2014

The summer has also seen new routes by Aegean Airlines to Athens,
flybe to Alicante, Bordeaux, Cologne, Florence, Ibiza, Newquay, Palma,
Porto, Reykjavik and Toulouse and Monarch to Hurghada, Egypt

The busiest month in Birmingham Airport's history was
August 2008 when it handled 1,080,278 passengers

During July significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Toulouse 257.5%, Milan 78.6%, Dubrovnik 75.2%,
Shannon 58.9%, Copenhagen 47.7%, Jersey 47.1%,
Hannover 48.5%, Tenerife 30.3%,Frankfurt 11.5%,
Dublin 6.1%, Paris 4.6% and Dubai 1.0% 

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Italy 31.9%, Portugal 21.7% and Cyprus 4.9%

Scheduled traffic accounted for 77.1% of the total
passenger traffic in July whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 22.9%

Tuesday 19 August 2014

April 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 758,456 passengers during April 2014
- an increase of 16.7% on the previous year which makes the month

the "busiest April" ever at BHX!!

This is an exceptional result - the previous busiest April was in 2009
when the passengers numbers totalled 717,319 - that month also
included Easter so April 2014 is 5.7% ahead of the previous record
on a comparable basis! 
  
Easter was of course in March last year which explains the large
percentage increase compared with the previous year but even
on an underlying basis the increase in April was over 10%
  
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO, said: "To record the busiest
April in our history is a tremendous achievement. It demonstrates
the strong demand that exists for flights to and from Birmingham
and the progress we have made over the past 12 months in particular"
   
"A strong performance in April is the perfect way to enter the summer
season, a period which will also see Birmingham become the first UK
airport outside of London to offer direct charter flights to China, as well
as new flights starting to Porto, Cologne, Florence, Ibiza, Malta and
Athens, among others"

 

Long haul routes again performed well - up 20.9% in the month -
with the Emirates service to Dubai up a 13.7% and the new Air India
service to Amritsar and Delhi to go from strength to strength
  
flybe launched a major expansion of their services from Birmingham
at the start of the month with new routes to Alicante, Cologne, Florence
and Porto with new services to Bordeaux, Ibiza, Palma, Newquay, 
Reykjavik and Toulouse planned to start in the coming months
  
The peak summer will also see further new scheduled routes including
Aegean Airlines - to Athens - and Monarch to Hurghada - while China
Southern Airlines will be operating a short series of Airbus A330 charter
flights from Beijing - a first for a UK regional airport! 
   
During April significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Jersey 173.2%, Fuerteventura 132.1%, Stuttgart 98.0%,
Arrecife 78.2%, Faro 77.0%, Larnaca 66.4%,
Geneva 51.2%, Shannon 40.1%, Hannover 34.2%,
Dublin 32.8%, Tenerife 30.8% and Dubai 13.7% 
  
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Malta 100.0%, Portugal 100.0% and Italy 90.6%
  
Scheduled traffic accounted for 89.1% of the total
passenger traffic in April whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 10.9%

Tuesday 13 May 2014

March 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏‏‏‏

Birmingham Airport handled 654,683 passengers during March 2014

- an increase of 4.5% on the previous year

   

Another excellent month! - March and April always need to be looked at

as one because of the moveable dates of Easter (which is in April this

year) and on an underlying basis the increase in March was in line with

the rolling 8% increase achieved in the previous three months

  

Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO, said: "March has been another

great month for us and continues the upward trend that we have seen

in recent months, where more and more passengers are choosing to fly

from Birmingham"

  

"These passenger figures mean we enter the summer season in a good

position and hope to build on this success. The completion of the runway

extension and the introduction of nine new routes to Florence, Cologne, Porto,

Toulouse, Alicante, Palma Mallorca, Bordeaux, Ibiza and Reykjavik with flybe

in particular, show there are exciting times ahead for Birmingham Airport" 

  

During March significant growth was achieved

on scheduled flights to destinations such as -

Fuerteventura 95.3%, Stuttgart 78.6%, Arrecife 75.3%,

Chambery 59.7%, Guernsey 43.0% Hannover 40.8%,

Milan 39.4%, Istanbul 33.1%, Dublin 16.9%, 

Frankfurt 12.9% Paris CDG 8.8% and Dubai 6.5% 

    

Charter traffic which experience growth included -

Turkey 273.6% and Barbados 83.0% 

  

Scheduled traffic accounted for 89.1% of the total

passenger traffic in March whilst charter passengers

made up the remaining 10.9%

Wednesday 16 April 2014

February 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏‏‏

Birmingham Airport handled 580,453 passengers during February 2014
- an increase of 8.5% on the previous year

Another excellent result - and the third month in a row where the increase
in passenger numbers has exceeded 8% - with long haul passengers up
20.7% in the month

While Turkish Airlines - up 43.4% - and Emirates - up 11.6% - again reported
good results its was an improved performance on many frequently flown routes
operated by a resurgent flybe that underpinned the overall performance

flybe have recently announced a major expansion at Birmingham for the summer
2014 season when they will add a further 7 new routes and will be basing three
additional aircraft at the airport

The summer will also see other new scheduled routes previously announced
including Aegean Airlines - to Athens - and Biman Bangladesh Airlines who

operated a series of flights during the month to mark the retirement of their

last Douglas DC10 - to Dhaka and New York JFK - while China Southern Airlines

have recently announced a series of Airbus A330 charter flights from Beijing

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport, said, "This continued
passenger growth demonstrates that more travellers are enjoying the range
of services and facilities offered by the airport and the hassle free experience
of getting to and through the terminal" 

During February significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Waterford 301.8%, Chambery 162.8%, Fuerteventura 126.6%,
Arrecife 112.9%, Stuttgart 84.9%, Funchal 77.3%.
Hannover 61.2%, Istanbul 43.2%, Belfast International 39.2%,
Tenerife 24.4%, Milan 24.0% and Aberdeen 23.6% 
  
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Portugal 49.3%, Barbados 42.9% and Finland 20.0% 
  
Scheduled traffic accounted for 88.7% of the total
passenger traffic in February whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 11.3%

Monday 24 March 2014

January 2014 passengers at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 549,489 passengers during January 2014

- an increase of 10.6% on the previous year and the first time the airport

has experienced double digit growth since December 2005

This strong start to the new year was again lead by good results from Turkish
Airlines - up 38.5% - and Emirates - up 12.0% - and was underpinned by many
of the most frequently used routes also performing well - Dublin was up 24.5%
and Paris CDG by 13.8%

flybe have recently announced they will be commencing a further 7 new routes
and basing three additional aircraft at Birmingham Airport this summer which
with other new scheduled routes previously announced including Aegean Airlines
- to Athens - and Biman Bangladesh Airlines - to Dhaka and New York JFK - mean
the prospects for 2014 as a whole are looking good  
  
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport's CEO, said: "These January figures show that
more and more people are realising the benefits of using Birmingham as an
alternative to other airports to fly for business and leisure"
  
"This is a great start to 2014 and we look forward to offering even more choice
this year as several new routes are launched and extra capacity is made
available on key routes" 
  
During January significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Stuttgart 106.9%, Milan 73.8%, Belfast International 53.5%,
Hannover 53.4%, Istanbul 38.5%, Aberdeen 32.2%,
Dusseldorf 30.0%, Copenhagen 26.8%, Dublin 24.5%,
Geneva 19.6%, Paris CDG 13.8% and Dubai 12.0%

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Barbados 55.1% and Mexico 17.9%  
     
Scheduled traffic accounted for 88.6% of the total
passenger traffic in January whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 11.4%

Wednesday 12 February 2014

December 2013 passengers at Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 574,854 passengers during December 2013
- an increase of 8.0% on the previous year
 
As a result BHX handled 9,119,709 passengers in 2013 an increase of 2.3% on 2012
- this is the first year since 2009 that the passenger numbers have exceeded 9 million

Top 5 scheduled routes from Birmingham in 2013 -
Dublin, Dubai, Amsterdam, Belfast and Paris

Top 5 charter/IT routes from Birmingham in 2013 -
Dalaman, Palma, Tenerife, Enfidha and Arrecife

An excellent end to the year! Again some good figures from Turkish Airlines - up 45.0% -
and Emirates - up 9.8% - who both operate in many of the same Asian markets also now
served by the new Air India service to Amritsar and Delhi. The IT/package tour leisure
market also continued to improve with passengers up 12% in the month of December   

  

Paul Kehoe, the Airport’s CEO, said: "2013 has been a fantastic year for us in many ways.
In terms of passenger numbers, we’ve seen consecutive growth in the past eight months,
which has led to our best yearly performance since 2009"

"Helped by a strong December, over nine million people have decided to take advantage of the
Airport’s world-class facilities and its growing network of flights throughout the past 12 months"
 
"We are now looking to build on this success in 2014, which will see the opening of our longer
runway and with it, the capability to serve more long haul destinations than ever before"

During December significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Stuttgart 89.2%, Milan 81.7%, Funchal 65.4%,
Istanbul 45.0%, Belfast 40.2%, Waterford 34.0%,
Brussels 20.1%, Dublin 17.5% and Dubai 9.8%

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Barbados 70.2%, Gambia 21.4% and Austria 8.9% 
    
Scheduled traffic accounted for 87.9% of the total
passenger traffic in December whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 12.1%

    

Wednesday 15 January 2014

November 2013 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏

Birmingham Airport handled 588,102 passengers during November 2013 
- an increase of 3.4% on the previous year
     
Another good month - and another month that builds on a strong month
the previous year when the November 2012 passengers numbers were up
3.9% so that gives a 7.5% increase over two years

Emirates - up 10.7% - and Turkish - up 23.0% - both had another excellent
month despite the recent arrival of Air India in the Asian market for onward
connecting passengers. Overall traffic in this market increased by 22.3%

This was also the first full month of the winter schedules which has seen
capacity increases on a number of routes and the arrival of Germanwings who
have taken over the services to Berlin Tegel and Hamburg from Lufthansa

As TUI/Thomson reported last week the IT/package tour market is currently
undergoing a revival after many years of decline and this was reflected in a
8.1% increase in the November 2013 IT passengers also helped by the new
Freebird Airlines service to Antalya

During November significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Bergamo 77.6%, Stuttgart 45.3%, Waterford 36.9%,
Milan Malpensa 27.0%, Istanbul 23.0%, Funchal 17.0%
Dublin 12.7%, Katowice 12.3% and Dubai 10.7% 

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Barbados 192.3%, Turkey 120.8% and Portugal 106.3%
   
Scheduled traffic accounted for 89.2% of the total passenger traffic
in November whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 10.8%

Monday 16 December 2013

October 2013 passengers at Birmingham Airport‏‏

Birmingham Airport handled 830,370 passengers during October 2013 
- an increase of 4.3% on the previous year
    
Yet another excellent month driven by a continued growth in long haul passengers
- traffic to Asia was up 25.5% following the recent launch of the new services by
Air Blue to Islamabad and Lahore and Air India to Amritsar and Delhi

Emirates, who have many onward connecting services to India and East Asia,
achieved an increase of 10.2% despite the added competition in this market
while Turkish Airlines who also carry a lot of onward connecting passengers
reported a further 19.2% increase on their service to Istanbul

The month also saw the start of the winter schedules with capacity increases
on a number of routes and the arrival of Germanwings who have taken over
the services from Berlin Tegel and Hamburg from Lufthansa
  
During October significant growth was achieved
on scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Islamabad 40.6%, Waterford 31.1%, Stuttgart 21.1%,
Istanbul 19.2%, Bodrum 16.9%, Heraklion 15.4%,
Rome 14.5%, Dublin 11.1% and Dubai 10.2%
 
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Malta 104.1%, Tunisia 52.7% and Turkey 18.7%
  
Scheduled traffic accounted for 83.3% of the total passenger traffic
in October whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 16.7%

  

Friday 15 November 2013

September 2013 passengers at Birmingham‏ Airport

Birmingham Airport handled 947,445 passengers during September 2013 
- an increase of 3.0% on the previous year
   
Another excellent month driven by an increase in long haul passengers following
the launch of the new Air India service to Amritsar and Delhi in August followed
by the new Air Blue service to Islamabad which started at the end of September

The result was an 14.8% in traffic to Asia and an overall 13.5% increase in long haul
passengers while Emirates, who have many onward connecting services from Dubai
to India and East Asia achieved an increase of 9.7% despite the added
competition in this market
  
Turkish Airlines saw a further 24.0% increase on their service to Istanbul with many
other business and leisure routes recording good figures
  
Speaking from the "World Routes" conference in Las Vegas last week, the Airport’s
Chief Executive, Paul Kehoe, said: "As we near the completion of our runway extension
scheme in early 2014, which will give aircraft unlimited take-off range, we’re seeing more
people realise the benefits of travelling from Birmingham, particularly on long haul services"

Paul added: "Our catchment supports half a million businesses, has the UK’s largest share
of the manufacturing activity and is at the centre of the automotive industry so these
businesses are crying out for more direct flights from their region to high value markets,
particularly in the USA and China"

"These latest figures demonstrate the desire to fly from Birmingham rather than alternative
congested airports, and benefit from our award winning facilities and easy access to and
from the UK’s best connected airport"

During September significant growth was achieved 

on scheduled flights to destinations such as - 

Barcelona 120.5%, Waterford 107.8%, Perpignan 100.0%, 

Stuttgart 34.5%, Aberdeen 30.3%, Istanbul 24.0%,
Guernsey 19.4%, Malta 13.7% and Dubai 9.7% 

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Malta 73.4%, Tunisia 29.3% and Egypt 19.7%

Scheduled traffic accounted for 77.1% of the total passenger traffic
in September whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 22.9%

Monday 14 October 2013

Birmingham Airport celebrates as the passenger numbers in the last year reach nine million

Passengers Andrea Buchner and Jonathan Gumz were presented with a celebratory bottle of champagne
by Birmingham Airport CEO, Paul Kehoe, for being the 9 millionth passengers to pass through the Airport;
they were flying with Air France to Paris CDG and onward to Chicago

 Birmingham Airport is celebrating another major milestone, as passenger

numbers for the last year reach nine million

Over the past 12 months, nine million people chose to fly from Birmingham, taking

advantage of the Airport’s world-class facilities and its growing network of flights

The nine million milestone was achieved after the Airport enjoyed the second
busiest month in its history during August. The Airport handled over one million

passengers last month, a 2% increase compared to the same period last year

August also saw the Airport record its busiest day of the year so far, as
36,781 people passed through the terminal on Friday 23 August 2013

Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive of Birmingham Airport, said: "These passenger
figures clearly demonstrate there is strong demand for flights from Birmingham.

We’ve seen a period of sustained growth throughout the past 12 months,

welcoming nine million passengers to the Airport"

"We’ve also enjoyed a strong summer performance too, recording the second
busiest month in our history, as passengers enjoy the benefits of our state-of

-the-art facilities and expanding network of flights. These growing passenger

figures, coupled with the extension of our runway, which is due to be complete

in spring 2014, certainly provides encouraging signs for the future" 

      

Passenger numbers at the Airport have been given a significant boost
thanks to the introduction of new airlines including Air India, who recently
began operating flights four times weekly to Delhi and Amritsar, using the
Boeing 787-8 "dreamliner" aircraft in August

The continued expansion of other airlines including Monarch and Aer Lingus
has also been a key factor in attracting new passengers to Birmingham.
Turkish Airlines increased its daily flight programme from seven to ten
flights a week to Istanbul back in April, providing onward connections to
221 destinations worldwide

Between September 2012 and August 2013, popular destinations for passengers
flying from Birmingham included Amsterdam, Paris and New York. However,
Dublin proved to be most popular, for those visiting friends and relatives,
closely followed by Dubai, for onward connections to the Far East and Australia

    

Wednesday 18 September 2013

August 2013 passengers at Birmingham Airport

 Birmingham Airport handled 1,049,878 passengers during August 2013 
- an increase of 1.8% on the previous year

Another excellent result - and the second highest monthly total in the
Airport's history - August 2008 at 1,080,278 still holds the record for 

monthly passengers numbers at BHX

While the percentage increase may not seem high it follows the 9.1% increase
achieved in August 2012 when bmibaby - who closed down in September 2012 -
still had four Boeing 737's based while Monarch had added two leased Boeing
737's to operate similar routes for the peak season so there was a one off benefit
in last year's numbers that has now been successfully retained in the current year

August of course saw the start of the new 4 times weekly Air India Boeing 787-8
"dreamliner" service from Amritsar and Delhi and this has got off to an encouraging
start while Emirates, who have many onward connecting services to India and East
Asia achieved an increase of 15.4% despite the added competition in this market

The Turkish Airlines service to Istanbul that has recently increased to 10 flights
weekly was up 26.0%, Dublin was up 11.4% benefiting from the additional
Aer Lingus flights while Monarch continued to consolidated their leading
position in the leisure market from Birmingham Airport

During August significant growth was achieved 

on scheduled flights to destinations such as - 

Barcelona 80.0%, Waterford 71.6%,  Stuttgart 55.4%,

Guernsey 42.9%, Brest 26.1%, Istanbul 26.0%,
Londonderry 20.7%, Amsterdam 19.7% and Dubai 15.4%

Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Malta 132.4%, Austria 75.2% and Croatia 46.7%

Scheduled traffic accounted for 75.4% of the total passenger traffic
in August whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 24.6%

    

Monday 16 September 2013

July 2013 passenger figures at Birmingham

Birmingham Airport handled 1,005,096 passengers during July 2013
- an increase of 2.9% on the previous year

This is an excellent result - and only the second "one million passengers

in a month" since 2009 - and indeed the figures were not far short of

the record July in 2008

Monarch who have started new routes this summer to Bordeaux and Split

and added flights on existing routes have consolidated their leading position

in the leisure market from Birmingham Airport....

.... the figures are all the more encouraging given that last year bmibaby

- who closed down in September 2012 - still had four Boeing 737's based

at Birmingham while Monarch had just added two leased Boeing 737's to

operate similar routes for the peak season so there was a one off benefit

from this in the previous years figures


Routes with additional flights again did well - the Turkish Airlines service

to Istanbul was up a further 24.6% while Dublin where Aer Lingus have

added three additional daily ATR 72's flights increased by 11.7% - and

this was already Birmingham Airport's busiest route!

Other new services operating this summer include Aer Lingus to Knock,

bmi regional to Billund, Gothenburg, Lyon and Toulouse, easyJet to

Belfast International and flybe to Amsterdam and Lyon

August has of course seen the start of the new Air India Boeing 787-8

"dreamliner" service from Amritsar and Delhi so prospects for continued
growth for the rest of the summer are good

  

During July significant growth was achieved

on scheduled flights to destinations such as -

Waterford 54.2%, Stuttgart 53.2%, Guernsey 43.6%,

Newcastle 41.9%, Istanbul 24.6%, Amsterdam 18.4%,

Aberdeen 17.7%, Inverness 14.6% and Dublin 11.7%

Charter traffic which experience growth included -

Malta 134.0%, Tunisia 61.0% and Austria 36.7%

 

Scheduled traffic accounted for 75.7% of the total
passenger traffic in July whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 24.3%

Friday 16 August 2013