Edinburgh overtakes Birmingham to become UK’s sixth biggest airport
18.03.10
Edinburgh Airport secured sixth place in the rankings of the UK's busiest airports last year, the Scotsman reports. Now the hub is targeting a place in the top five after a major expansion by Ryanair helped the airport soar past Birmingham and move up a place. A spokesman for the airport said it was closing in on fifth placed Luton and on course to overtake it within months.
Civil Aviation Authority figures show Edinburgh was the only airport in the top ten to gain passengers in the 12 months to February – up by 1.6 per cent to 9.02 million. Birmingham shrank by 5.4 per cent to 9.01m, while Luton was down by 8.6 per cent to 9.08m. Glasgow total tumbled by 10.6 per cent to 7.14m, placing it eighth.
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