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Business Travel Airport passenger figures soar


Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest year in its 78-year history - with almost 13 million passengers passing through the terminal. In total, 12,983,436 passengers travelled through the airport


during 2017 - 1.3 million more than in 2016. The busiest month fell in August when almost 1.5 million


passengers were recorded in a single month, giving a significant 16.2 per cent increase when compared to the same month the year before. Over the course of the year, there were seven months in which over a million passengers were recorded and 30 months of consecutive record-breaking growth. David Winstanley, chief operating officer at Birmingham Airport,


said: “Last year we celebrated the busiest 12 months in our history. “During 2017, we saw the launch of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays


and the return of British Airways and Bmi Regional. “News of new transatlantic routes to New York and Toronto


starting from May 2018 with Primera Air were announced as well as new routes, to Goa and Phuket with TUI and Marsa Alam with Thomas Cook to name a few. Emirates maintained a strong presence in the region and introduced its second daily A380 aircraft onto its established lunchtime service between Birmingham and Dubai. “The year was indeed one of celebration but also commiseration


as we sadly saw the demise of a long-established airline, Monarch.” * Birmingham Airport has started a multi-million-pound


programme of development works to improve the passenger journey through the airport terminal. The works include redeveloping the security processing area to provide more boarding card gates, a dedicated security preparation area and a refreshed waiting area with new flooring and lighting.


64 CHAMBERLINK March 2018


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