Archive for the ‘Birmingham airport’ CategoryBirmingham Airport has merged its Terminal One and Terminal Two to create a one terminal airport for both arrivals and departures. The new terminal building will flow all departing passengers through a new enlarged security area. There will also be a single departures area which will house self-service and manned check-in desks. Whilst inbound passengers will arrive into a dedicated single meet and greet area. Speaking about the new terminal building, Operations Director, Will Heynes, said “This £13 million project allows the airport to attract new customers as it enhances the passenger experience. It also helps us showcase the airport as the region’s global gateway.” Further airport improvements and works will include a new duty free shopping area and a fashion house, opening in the next few months. The terminal building merger is just one of many changes to the airport, being made to create double capacity of passenger numbers by 2018, as part of a £100 million investment programme over the next 10 years. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking click on the links. Lufthansa subsidiary, BMI is to take over the airline’s Manchester Airport to Frankfurt route, along with Lufthansa’s Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt route. BMI will use a refurbished Airbus A320 aircraft, offering both Economy and Business Class, inline with Lufthansa standards. The routes by BMI will commence on 27th March. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking click on the links. An important business figure for Birmingham, Mr John Rider, the Regional Chairman of the Institute of Directors, has publicly stated that whilst the high speed rail link is important to the city of Birmingham, the city’s airport runway will indeed produce much faster results. When speaking about the two transport links, he said that a runway would be built and used much faster than the slow process surrounding the construction of the high speed rail link, which is not due to begin until 2017, with trains operating by 2025. “Yes, of course we want and need the high speed network by the timescales have a serious economic impact for the project, perhaps 10 years planning and consultation, and another 10 years to build. After all, when have we ever seen one of these big projects ever run to time in this country?” he said in an interview. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking click on the links. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, is conduction a two-week online survey on the travelling public’s experiences during the disruption caused to flights in November and December 2010. The survey aims to help the CAA gain a better understanding of passengers’ views about how airports, airlines and other companies operating at UK airports, met, or failed to meet, their expectations. For instance, the CAA is interested in finding out how well passengers were kept informed about the disruption and whether people were told about their rights to assistance from airlines. The survey can be accessed here: www.caa.co.uk/snowsurvey The CAA is keen to hear from as many people who experienced disruption as possible to try and build the best possible picture of what worked well and what did not, so we can work with industry to improve the situation in case of future disruptions. The CAA is also acting as an independent observer on the enquiry panel put in place by BAA to review Heathrow’s performance and establish the lessons to be learned following December’s severe weather. UK regional airline, Eastern Airways, is set move terminals at Birmingham Airport. From Tuesday 8 February, the airline will switch all operations to Terminal 2. The move coincides with the recent opening of Birmingham airport’s new centralised security facility. However, all Eastern Airways passengers will have access to a dedicated fast track security channel to avoid any queues at security search. A prominent new check-in position in Terminal 2 will be available for Eastern Airways passengers checking in for its three times a day weekday service departing from Birmingham to Newcastle. To book Birmingham airport hotels and Birmingham airport parking click on the links. It is possible, that as part of the Government Regional Growth Fund (RGF) plans, Birmingham Airport could receive around £15 million for the cost of its runway extension and associated infrastructure. As part of Birmingham Airport’s new runway plans the airport will need to divert the A45 Coventry Road to enable the 350m runway extension to be built. Local business leaders and council officials are to approach the Government of funding from the RGF programme. The funding will contribute to the major costs associated with moving the A45, which is expensive and according to reports holding up the extension project. Currently, the A45 funding is expected from various sources – the Passenger Transport Authority, Centro who will give £10m, Birmingham Airport has promised funding of £7m of the project and Birmingham City Council offered £15m. However, since these pledges Government funding has been drastically cut and now the Council funding is in doubt. With the runway extension it is hoped that Birmingham Airport can be a competitor to the likes of Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airports in offering direct flights to China, India and the west coast of America.
Airports information blog is taking a welcome rest over the Christmas period and will be back with you on Tuesday 4 January 2011. As this is the last post of this year, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. Thank you all for following and thanks for all your comments. For those of you still struggling to get flights in to or out of the country, the advice remains the same: if you have any questions about the status of your flight check with your airline. Your airline is totally responsible for your flight – there’s a previous blog post here with airline contact information and snow alerts. Ideally, check your airline’s website before calling – phone lines are busy and I’ve heard from some of you that have been waiting as long as five hours to get though. Check the online departures board of your airport to find out the status of your flight or even try the arrivals board on the website of your destination airport. Many airlines now use Twitter as a means of answering passengers’ questions, so try this contact method too. Have a great Christmas and a very happy New Year, I hope you all get to where you’re meant to be in time for the celebrations, Paula Most of the airports, including Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, that had cancelled all flights have now reopened, however all UK airport are suffering from delays. Heathrow is running a limited service – they have changed their estimated service now until at least 6am on Christmas Eve, although flights are now operating 24 hours a day to help clear the backlog. Advice is to call the airline you are travelling with before heading to the airport. Many of the Airports now have Twitter pages – go online and follow the latest updates. Aberdeen Airport George Best Belfast City Airport Birmingham Airport Bristol Airport Bournemouth Airport Cardiff Airport Dundee Airport Durham Tees Valley Airport East Midlands Airport Edinburgh Airport Exeter Airport Gatwick Airport Glasgow Airport Heathrow Airport Humberside Airport Inverness Airport Leeds Bradford Airport London City Airport Liverpool John Lennon Airport Luton Airport Manchester Airport Newcastle Airport Newquay Airport Norwich Airport Plymouth Airport Robin Hood Airport Southampton Airport Stansted Airport Stornoway Airport Most of the airports, including Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, that had cancelled all flights have now reopened, however all UK airport are suffering from delays. Heathrow is running a limited service until at least 6am on Thursday 23rd December. And George Best Belfast City Airport has cancelled all flights due to severe weather that has come in this afternoon – Tuesday, 2pm. Advice is to call the airline you are travelling with before heading to the airport. Many of the Airports now have Twitter pages – go online and follow the latest updates. Aberdeen Airport George Best Belfast City Airport Birmingham Airport Bristol Airport Bournemouth Airport Cardiff Airport Dundee Airport Durham Tees Valley Airport East Midlands Airport Edinburgh Airport Exeter Airport Gatwick Airport Glasgow Airport Heathrow Airport Humberside Airport Inverness Airport Leeds Bradford Airport London City Airport Liverpool John Lennon Airport Luton Airport Manchester Airport Newcastle Airport Newquay Airport Norwich Airport Plymouth Airport Robin Hood Airport Southampton Airport Stansted Airport Stornoway Airport Most of the airports, including Gatwick and Heathrow Airports, that had cancelled all flights have no reopened, however all UK airport are suffering from delays. Advice is to call the airline you are travelling with. Aberdeen Airport Belfast City Airport Birmingham Airport Bristol Airport Bournemouth Airport Cardiff Airport Dundee Airport Durham Tees Valley Airport East Midlands Airport Edinburgh Airport Exeter Airport Gatwick Airport Glasgow Airport Heathrow Airport Humberside Airport Inverness Airport Leeds Bradford Airport London City Airport Liverpool John Lennon Airport Luton Airport Manchester Airport Newcastle Airport Newquay Airport Norwich Airport Plymouth Airport Robin Hood Airport Southampton Airport Stansted Airport Stornoway Airport |
