June 2008 passenger figures

Ryanair moved to Terminal 2 and opened their BHX base during the month
Birmingham International Airport handled 936,868 passengers
during June 2008, an increase of 2.8% over the previous year
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Joe Kelly, Acting Managing Director of Birmingham International

Airport, said, "June has seen a healthy increase in the number of

passengers passing through the two terminals, compared to the same

time last month and this again represents good news for the Airport.

During June we have seen nine new routes launched, offering greater

choice and variety for passengers travelling from their local airport"
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In June, growth was achieved on Non EU routes of 8.5% and EU

of 9.8%. The Irish Republic saw an increase of 13.1%
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Scheduled routes that experienced growth in June include:
Billund (+217%), Ercan (+116.3%), Geneva (+100%),
Inverness (+78.7%), Marseilles (+65.3%), Larnaca (+55.5%),
Krakow (+48.9%), Hamburg (+45.7%), Malta (+36.8%),
Warsaw (+32.5%), Dusseldorf (+21.9%), Lisbon (+13.1%),
Waterford (+12.3%), Alicante (+12.2%), Amsterdam (+11.3%),
Faro (+9.5%), Dubai (+9.1%), Stuttgart (+6.7%),
Aberdeen (+4.2%), Palma (+2.7%) and Prague (+2.6%)
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Charter traffic which experienced growth were
Egypt (+87.6%), Madeira (+39.2%), Morocco (+38.5%),
Mexico (+8.4%) and Turkey (+7.3%)
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Scheduled traffic accounted for 68.4% of the total passenger traffic
in June whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 31.6%

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Monday 14 July 2008