FEATURE: BUSINESS TRAVEL
‘This formal partnership will show industry that we’re committed to strengthening links further and pushing for the reinstatement of direct flights between the two cities’
underway, including a 400m runway extension scheme at Birmingham Airport to allow aircraft to carry more fuel and fly further, and a multi-billion dollar modernisation programme at O’Hare International to reconfigure its intersecting runways into a modern parallel layout. Birmingham Airport currently handles nine million passengers annually, recent infrastructure development means that it can accommodate up to 18m passengers year. With the runway extension, this potential increases to 36m by 2030. Its spare capacity and location just an hour from central London, means that Birmingham is set to become an increasingly important resource in the UK to help ease congestion at London Airports. O’Hare International and Chicago
Rosemarie S. Andolino, Commissioner of CDA, and Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, sign the Memorandum of Understanding
Midway International Airport - also operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation – handles more than 85 million passengers a year and provides non-stop service to approximately 200 cities worldwide. O’Hare International is also ranked second among all U.S. airports in total cargo value, with more than 1.5 million metric tons of cargo handled annually.
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