Birmingham International Airport handled 539,246 passengersduring April 2010 - a fall of 24.8% on the previous year
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April - which included Easter - was expected to continue the
recent trend of improving monthly passenger numbers and
then the Volcanic Ash Cloud arrived....
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.... 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!
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Friday 14 May 2010