July 2010 passenger figures

Birmingham International Airport handled 928,283 passengers
during July 2010 - a fall of 4.2% on the previous year
.
A very good month!? - while total passengers were down those
that did fly flew further = more income for all concerned! - with
good increases on most long haul routes - Dubai was up 15.4% -
while Turkey - up 30.1% - was the boom destination for the
holiday/IT market
.
The month saw Aer Lingus Regional start their new service to
Shannon while flybe commenced seasonal services to Avignon,
Bordeaux, Limoges, Perpignan and Rennes in France
.
During July signicant growth was achieved on
scheduled flights to destinations such as -
Arrecife 144.2%, Tehran 99.5%, Tenerife 75.1%,
Ibiza 63.6%, Bydgoszcz 60.6%, Gerona 58.4%,
Toulouse 43.2%, Milan 37.5%, Cork 35.2%,
Faro 34.0%, Bergerac 30.1%, Dubai 15.4%
Zurich 14.7%, Islambad 11.7% and Munich 11.1%
.
Charter traffic which experience growth included -
Dominican Republic 95.5%, Austria 33.0%, Turkey 30.1%,
Croatia 22.5% and Bulgaria 11.5%
.
Scheduled traffic accounted for 71.6% of the total
passenger traffic in July whilst charter passengers
made up the remaining 28.4%
.
Tuesday 17 August 2010