Monarch launched a new service to Larnaca at the end of the month
Birmingham International Airport handled 674,301 passengers
during March 2009 - a fall of 7.7% on the previous year
.
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport's Chief Executive Officer,
explains: "These latest statistics again underline the challenging
economic environment we are facing at the moment, conditions
that are affecting the whole of the aviation industry, both here
and abroad. I have always said that this year will be a testing
one, but let's not forget that Birmingham is performing better
than the majority of other UK airports and we continue
to see the launch of new routes and airlines
from the Midlands' premier airport"
.
"During March we saw a 7.7% fall in traffic compared to 2008,
which mirrors the performance of February, illustrating the
resilience of Birmingham when compared to other airports,
which have seen a month-on-month downward trend"
.
"In recent weeks we have been able to celebrate anumber
of positive announcements, among them the granting of
planning permission for a runway extension by Solihull
Metropolitan Borough Council, Emirates' decision to
increase capacity to Dubai, and the launch of Monarch's
Larnaca and bmi regional's Aberdeen services, all
representing great news for local travellers"
.
During March significant growth was achieved on
scheduled flights to destinations including -
Inverness (+107%), Krakow (+92.1%), Shannon (+56.9%),
Prague (+46.3%), Alicante (+21.8%), Grenoble (+18.8%),
Malaga (+15.6%), Dubai (+6.8%), Hamburg (+5.5%)
and Dublin (+1.6%)
.
Charter traffic which experienced growth included -
Egypt (+60.5%) and Mexico (+14.7%)
.
Scheduled traffic accounted for 83.5% of the total
passenger traffic in March whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 16.5%
.
Thursday 16 April 2009
Regional Fokker 100 F-GPXM operated the afternoon Air France
Twinjet Airbus A319CJ G-NMAK was an afternoon arrival
Titan BAe 146-200 G-ZAPN operated the return charter 
bmi regional Embraer 145 G-EMBN operated their morning 
RAF Tristar CC2 ZE705 operated a medivac flight 
.
Thomsonfly Boeing 767-300 G-OBYI arrived from Montego Bay
Eurocypria Boeing 737-800 5B-DBZ operated the final service of
After 24 hours parked on the Elmdon apron in front of Hangar 1 
CityJet/Scot Airways Dornier 328 G-BWWT positioned in from
CityJet/Scot Airways Dornier 328 G-BWIR arrived from 
West Midlands Police Air Support Unit's Eurocopter EC-135
NetJets Hawker 800XP CS-DRU was an afternoon visitor
Virgin Nigeria Embraer 190 5N-VNH arrived from Kano, Nigeria,
.... parking on the Elmdon apron in front of flybe Hangar One - the
RAF Chinook HC2 ZD982 "DF" was an evening visitor 
Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 D-ABDT operated their flight to Hannover
Emirates Boeing 777-31HER A6-EBX operated their
Turkish Airbus A321 TC-JRC operated their service to Istanbul
Lufthansa Airbus A321 D-AISH operated their evening
Loganair Saab 340 G-LGNL operated the flybe service from Dundee
flybe will be ending Embraer 145 operations from BHX in the next
easyJet operated their final flights of the 2008/9 ski season 
.... while Airbus A319-111 G-EZMS operated the last Grenoble service
Air Sylhet/Akal Air Boeing 757 TF-LLY lifts off Runway 33 
easyJet Airbus A319 G-EZAT operated the final Saturday 
Centrelineair Citation CJ2 G-OCJZ was an evening visitor 
Thomas Cook Airbus A320 G-BYTH operated their 
Transavia Boeing 737-800 PH-HZC operated the return 
Saudi Arabian Special Flight Services Gulfstream 4 HZ-AFX 
flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-JECT which is named after footballer "Matt 
Monarch launched a new service to Larnaca at the end of the month
Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBU operated their IT flight to Paphos
bmibaby Boeing 737-3Q8 G-TOYA operated their 
Transavia Boeing 737-8K2 PH-HZB positioned in from 
flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-ECOR touches down on Runway 15 
VLM Fokker 50 OO-VLK was an afternoon arrival from Limoges
Welcome Air Dornier 328 OE-LIR was an afternoon visitor to
Regional Fokker 100 F-GPXL operated the afternoon Air France 
Cyprus Airbus A320 5B-DAW operated their service to Larnaca
Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABDD operated their flight to Hannover
Eurocypria Boeing 737-800 5B-DBR operated their first weekly
RAF VC 10 K3 ZA150 diverted in during the early hours of the
PIA Boeing 777-340ER AP-BID departed to Islamabad 
.... and climbed out through the arc of the resulting rainbow!
Challenger N604GR which had arrived on Monday evening
