April 2010 passenger figures

Birmingham International Airport handled 539,246 passengers
during April 2010 - a fall of 24.8% on the previous year
.
April - which included Easter - was expected to continue the
recent trend of improving monthly passenger numbers and
then the Volcanic Ash Cloud arrived....
.
.... BHX closed at 0700 on Thursday 15 April 2010 and did
not reopen again until Wednesday 21 April 2010 - a total
of 6 days when no flights operated from the airport!
.
Friday 14 May 2010