Airport News
Flights from Birmingham airport 'increased by 4.8%'
Tue, 17 Mar, 2009
The number of flights taken from Birmingham airport increased by 4.8 per cent in 2008 compared to the year before, it has been announced.
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revealed that this figure bucked the trend experienced by most other locations across UK.
For the first time since 1991, the annual passenger numbers fell by an average of 1.9 per cent.
Stansted was one of the worst affected. Around 1.4 million fewer people boarded an aeroplane there last year than in 2007 – representing a six per cent decline.
The largest regional airport, Manchester, also experienced a downturn with a 3.8 per cent drop in passengers.
In February this year, Birmingham International Airport handled 586,356 travellers through its two terminals.
Paul Kehoe, chief executive officer of the airport, commented: "Birmingham continues to perform better than the majority of other UK airports and remains an attractive proposition for airlines and other partners."
Last month, £12 million was invested by the company to insulate over 7,000 properties around the boundary of the location to reduce the effects of noise from aircrafts.