Birmingham Airport passengers up?
19.02.09
Birmingham Airport handled 561,648 travellers through its two terminals last month, including 469,412 scheduled passengers and 92,236 charter passengers. The airport revealed that this was 4.2% up when comparing the 12 months to the end of January 2009 with the same period a year earlier, however there no figure for January in isolation compared to last year, so we are guessing this number was down.
Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s Chief Executive Officer, said: ‘The rolling 12-month figures up to the end of January show an increase of 4.2% year-on-year. With a growing portfolio of carriers and routes from Birmingham, and with a final decision regarding our proposed runway extension due in the coming weeks, there is a lot to look forward to.’
During January a 3.5% growth was achieved on flights to the EU, with sunshine destinations such as Alicante, Malaga and Palma proving popular. Snow-lovers made Grenoble and Geneva their first choice for a bit of piste action.
Scheduled routes that experienced growth included Grenoble (+173.9%), Alicante (+59.3%), Inverness (+49%), Prague (+48.1%), Shannon (+46.7%), Malaga (+40.1%), Palma (+38.6%) and Tenerife (+30.1%). Charter traffic which experienced growth included Austria (+30.7%), Egypt (+25.3%) and Switzerland (+21.6%).
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