Maintenance work will be taking place on the Air Rail Link at Birmingham Airport tomorrow, Tuesday 9 March 2010.

Work will start at 11:00 and will last for 24 hours.

A replacement bus service will be in operation.

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The UK Border Agency is warning that travellers passing through UK ports could face possible delays and disruption due to strike action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).

The strike action is taking place on Monday 8 March and Tuesday 9 March.

Lin Homer, the Border Agency’s Chief Executive, said: ‘We are disappointed that PCS members have voted in favour of industrial action. It means that the travelling public are likely to suffer disruption and delays at border control as a result of this two-day action.

‘We have robust plans in place to ensure that the essential work of the UK Border Agency is maintained and the border remains secure. UK border security will not be compromised by this industrial action.

‘We expect that people travelling into the country may experience some delays at border control, but we will work hard to keep these to a minimum and hope that passengers will welcome the commitment of those staff who will be working despite the strike action to ensure they are seen as quickly as possible.

BAA is advising passengers to have their travel documents, including passports, ready and to use automatic e-passport gates where available.

bmi, British Midland International, has announced a new codeshare with sister airline SWISS. Under the agreement, bmi will codeshare with SWISS on all UK to Switzerland routes including Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

The new codeshare with SWISS is effective immediately for travel from 3 March 2010 and will allow bmi to offer fares between Zurich, Geneva and Basel from London Heathrow, London City airport, Manchester, Birmingham International and Edinburgh airport and improve connections between Switzerland and the wider bmi network.

The developing partnership will offer even greater flexibility to customers of both carriers and in particular will connect Scottish and Northern England passengers to SWISS’ network of 76 destinations worldwide (via Switzerland).

Lufthansa has announced that the four-day strike by pilots is over, however, there will continue to be ‘flight irregularities’ over the coming days.

A regular service will operate as of Friday 26 February.

For more information and details of Lufthansa’s special timetables click here.

To check the status of your Lufthansa flight click here

A four-day strike by Lufthansa pilots has started today.

Lufthansa is advising passengers to check the status of their flights before travelling to the airport.

For more information for passengers booked to fly between Monday 22 February and Thursday 25 February check with Lufthansa on 0800 850 6070 or here

Passengers can also check for updates on Twitter @Lufthansa_DE

Thomas Cook has unveiled two new summer routes to Greece from Birmingham Airport.

Flights to the Greek islands of Skiathos and Santorini will be added to the destinations available through Thomas Cook – including Canary Islands, Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Crete, Egypt, Balearic Islands, Tunisia, Malta and Cyprus.

Flights to Skiathos and Santorini will operate from May to October.

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Flybe is to launch a new three-times-per-week service to Perpignan from Birmingham Airport.

The new Birmingham flights will operate Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays between 13 July and 31 August 2010.

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Birmingham Airport is set to merge its two terminals into a single terminal facility to improve passenger flow and operational efficiency.

The £15m project will result in a larger centralised passenger security search area, a larger meet and greet arrivals point, and improved shopping and catering facilities for both landside and airside areas.

The one terminal development will start this month and will be completed before the summer season in May 2011.

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Disruption is expected to flights to and from Ireland today due to industrial action by air traffic controllers in Ireland.

Affected airports are Dublin and Shannon, which will see industrial action between the hours of 14:00 and 18:00, and Cork Airport where industrial action is expected to take place between the hours of 16:00 and 18:00.

Ryanair has cancelled 52 flights due to the industrial action – check here for details of cancellations

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For Aer Arann disruptions click here

Birmingham Airport has reopened after this morning’s snow.

The airport is telling passengers to expect delays and to allow extra time to get to the airport.

Passengers should contact their airline for details on the status of their flights.

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