Archive for the ‘Birmingham airport’ Category
In response to an increase in demand, Monarch is adding an extra 12,000 seats to its scheduled services over the Christmas and New Year period. The additional flights will operate from four of Monarch’s UK airport bases – Birmingham airport, Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester airport - to Spain, the Canaries, Portugal and Cyprus. Bilga Air has axed its plans to launch flights to India from Birmingham Airport. The airline had recently been formed with a view to starting flights to Amritsar, India, on 9 October. Passengers with advance bookings should contact the operator direct for a full refund. New airline, Bilga Air, is to launch flights between Birmingham Airport and Amritsar in Northern India. The new Birmingham flights will be operated by UK Charter Airline, Monarch, and will start on 9 October. Flights can be booked through travel agents or direct on 0121 525 9100 – return flights start from £575. The slowdown in the aviation industry doesn’t seem to be affecting Birmingham airport. Figures just released show that the airport handled 1,079,970 passengers during August – its busiest ever month since opening in 1939 - an increase of 7.4% on August 2007 and 30,000 more than August 2005. Contributing to the growth was a massive 953% increase in traffic to Bratislava, a 90% increase to Inverness, while passenger numbers were up 75.9% to Marseille and 59% to Larnaca. For up-to-date Birmingham airport information and to book Birmingham airport parking online click on the links. Ryanair has unveiled two new ski routes from Birmingham airport. The weekly Birmingham flights to Cuneo and Grenoble will start on 20 December and operate throughout Ryanair’s winter season which has been extended to include Easter 2009. Birmingham airport is celebrating after recording its highest ever passenger numbers for the month of July. The airport handled 1,036,135 passengers during July – an increase of 7.5% on July 2007, and the first time this year that the airport handled more than a million passenger in a month. The record-breaking month also saw the airport achieve 9,530,628 passengers in a rolling 12 month period – up 4.3% on the previous 12 months. July’s growth was achieved on Non EU routes of 7.3% and EU of 20.6% with the Irish Republic seeing an increase of 12.9%. New Birmingham flights that were launched in July were: Biarritz, Bratislava, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Olbia, Perpignan, Stockholm and Trapani. For more information about Birmingham airport and to book Birmingham airport parking using an instant online airport parking price comparison click on the links. Turkish Airlines has announced it is to introduce direct flights to Istanbul from Birmingham Airport. A member of the Star Alliance global airline group, the airline will operate the Birmingham flights five times per week and will provide onward flight opportunities within Turkey, the Middle East and the Far East through its own flight network. Flights will start on 15 December using Boeing 737-800 aircraft - 20 seats in business class and 135 in economy. For Birmingham airport information and to book Birmingham airport parking using an online airport parking price checker click on the links. Ryanair has announced a new service from Birmingham airport to Dusseldorf (Weeze). The new Birmingham flights will start on 27 October and will operate daily. Ryanair recently announced flights from Birmingham to Prague, Szczecin, Katowice, Krakow, Frankfurt (Hahn), Palma, Alicante, Murcia, Kaunas, Derry & Fuerteventura. Figures just released show that Birmingham airport handled 936,868 passengers in June – an increase of 2.8% compared with June 2007. Contributing to the numbers were increases of 8.5% on non EU routes, 9.8% on EU routes and a rise of 13.1% to the Irish Republic. Joe Kelly, Acting Managing Director of Birmingham International Airport, said, “June has seen a healthy increase in the number of passengers passing through the two terminals, compared to the same time last month and this again represents good news for the Airport. During June we have seen nine new routes launched, offering greater choice and variety for passengers travelling from their local airport.” For up-to-date Birmingham airport information and to book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking using an online parking price checker click on the links.
Ground and cabin crew at Lufthansa are due to start strike action today over pay and it is uncertain how many Lufthansa flights will be affected and at which airports. Flybe has responded to the threat of industrial action by increasing capacity on a number of flights to Germany. The airline is to operate larger aircraft on routes to Germany from Birmingham airport, Southampton airport and Manchester airport. Flybe operates the following routes from Germany:
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