Airport News
Birmingham Airport sees record passenger numbers in November
Tue, 16 Dec, 2008
Birmingham Airport is celebrating its busiest ever November, as passengers continued to travel in spite of the economic downturn.
Passenger numbers at the West Midlands hub were up 1.6 per cent on the previous year, totalling 620,283 for the month.
Of these, 527,727 were taking scheduled flights and 92,556 were passengers on charter flights, with destinations such as Turkey, Egypt and Mexico proving popular.
Birmingham Airport chief executive Paul Kehoe said: "The airport continues to perform above the national average, with figures once again looking likely to be considerably down across the majority of other UK airports."
Passenger numbers were also up in October, with 844,315 travellers passing through the hub's two terminals.
Meanwhile, Birmingham Airport has welcomed the launch of a new Turkish Airlines service to Istanbul.
Flights will operate five times a week, offering passengers from the West Midlands access to 140 worldwide onward connections, including Bangkok, Cape Town and Bombay.