birmingham airport news stories
Below we have collated all of the latest birmingham airport news. Click on any of the links to find out more:
January 2010
30.01.10 Flybe profits down
28.01.10 Flybe announce Birmingham – Perpignan flights
23.01.10 People ‘would use Birmingham Airport to avoid Heathrow expansion’
23.01.10 25 jobs go in Birmingham Airport restructuring
20.01.10 Terminals merger for Birmingham Airport after passenger fall
15.01.10 Birmingham Airport to replace police with traffic wardens
10.01.10 Police search for man in Birmingham Airport biker brawl
05.01.10 Birmingham Airport to get £10m security upgrade
December 2009
31.12.09 Birmingham Airport passengers down 8.6%
22.12.09 Birmingham Airport drugs mule jailed
22.12.09 Holiday Extras add new Birmingham Airport car park
19.12.09 New Birmingham route for Ryanair
13.12.09 Birmingham Airport slam climate change report’s ‘London centric’ view
13.12.09 Drug smuggler caught at Birmingham Airport jailed
11.12.09 Flybe announce 16 new routes
09.12.09 Birmingham Airport plans heroes welcome
07.12.09 Flybe is UK’s biggest domestic airline
05.12.09 Birmingham Airport car park driver stole from passengers
04.12.09 Iraq flights to take off from Birmingham Airport
03.12.09 Airport ground handlers employer switch
November 2009
29.11.09 Flybe plans £300m stock market listing
23.11.09 Biker jailed for 6 years over Birmingham Airport fight
22.11.09 Birmingham Airport seeks Government funding for runway extension
17.11.09 New cruise flights for Birmingham Airport
15.11.09 Birmingham Airport struggles with runway financing
05.11.09 Job losses at bmibaby
October 2009
28.10.09 Lufthansa highlights growth in Birmingham – China traffic
27.10.09 Campaign for Birmingham – Punjab fights launched
24.10.09 Birmingham Airport pier opened
21.10.09 Birmingham Airport passengers down 4.8%
20.10.09 Birmingham Airport ‘could double passengers without building work’
20.10.09 Union agree lower job cuts at Servisair Birmingham Airport
20.10.09 Birmingham Airport cargo firm staff reject strike action
17.10.09 Birmingham Airport plan website revamp
15.10.09 Luton and Birmingham airports most costly for currency
14.10.09 Birmingham Council ‘will not sell airport’
07.10.09 Birmingham Airport boss welcomes Tory Heathrow stance
September 2009
24.09.09 Pilot arrested at Birmingham Airport
23.09.09 Birmingham Airport reach Carbon Trust standard
22.09.09 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
18.09.09 Birmingham Airport noise down
17.09.09 Birmingham Airport passengers down 6%
17.09.09 Vortex strikes see hundreds of houses near Birmingham Airport re-roofed
16.09.09 Birmingham Airport job losses expected
13.09.09 Emirates plan Birmingham Airport lounge
06.09.09 Birmingham Airport wants old planes to join birthday celebrations
August 2009
29.08.09 Dog sniffs out Birmingham Airport cash
24.08.09 Birmingham Airport to open terminal development
22.08.09 Birmingham Airport wants high speed train links
19.08.09 £90,000 seized at Birmingham Airport
18.08.09 Call to limit Birmingham Airport taxi driver hours
16.08.09 Woman jailed over Birmingham Airport fake passport
12.08.09 ASM to help Birmingham Airport with route development
07.08.09 Birmingham Airport dismiss Government rail plans
04.08.09 Birdstrike for Ryanair Birmingham bound flight
July 2009
28.07.09 Birmingham Airport evacuated
28.07.09 Birmingham Airport wins taxi legal challenge
25.07.09 Monarch announce winter Birmingham – Larnaca flights
24.07.09 Passengers down 4.1% at Birmingham Airport
24.07.09 Hellenic confirm Birmingham - Athens / Jeddah flights
17.07.09 Superjumbo flight to Birmingham Airport
17.07.09 Birmingham Airport top 4 for inbound passengers
07.07.09 Baggage handlers strike threat
04.07.09 Flybe overtakes easyJet to become UK’s biggest domestic airline
01.07.09 Monarch to maintain US Airways planes at Birmingham Airport
June 2009
21.06.09 Birmingham Airport plan ‘super terminal’
20.06.09 Bikers jailed over Birmingham Airport riot
19.06.09 Jail for Birmingham Airport drug smuggler
18.06.09 Birmingham Airport taxi dispute goes to court
15.06.09 Bmibaby puts summer 2010 flights on sale
15.06.09 Spat over council’s use of Birmingham Airport
12.06.09 Birmingham Airport strike threat
11.06.09 Big drugs find at Birmingham Airport
07.06.09 Birmingham Airport celebrate terminal 25th anniversary
01.06.09 Birmingham Airport urged to permanently drop second runway plans
May 2009
29.05.09 Birmingham Airport taxi dispute ‘will not affect passengers’
25.05.09 Ryanair to create 700 Birmingham Airport jobs
25.05.09 Hellenic confirm Birmingham – Athens – Jeddah flights launch
25.05.09 Bmibaby celebrate Birmingham – Newquay flights launch
13.05.09 Aer Lingus celebrates 60 years at Birmingham Airport
12.05.09 Birmingham Airport introduce continual decent landings to cut emissions
10.05.09 Greek airline plans Birmingham – Athens flights
10.05.09 Male illegal immigrant used woman’s passport, but had real one in his pants
09.05.09 Birmingham Airport axe trolley staff
08.05.09 Government backs Birmingham Airport runway extension
04.05.09 Birmingham Airport boss defends runway plans
03.05.09 Development director leaves Birmingham Airport
April 2009
29.04.09 50 jobs at risk at Birmingham Airport
22.04.09 Bikers in court over Birmingham Airport battle
17.04.09 Birmingham Airport passengers down 7.7%
07.04.09 Emirates ups Birmingham capacity
01.04.09 Birmingham Airport runway extension plans approved
March 2009
30.03.09 Bristol flight makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport
29.03.09 Strong demand for new Birmingham – Cyprus flights
27.03.09 Drunk pilot jailed
18.03.09 11 years for Birmingham Airport drugs smuggler
15.03.09 bmibaby increase Birmingham – Nice flights
07.03.09 Birmingham Airport boss expects passenger decline
03.03.09 Taxi drivers unhappy at increased Birmingham Airport costs
February 2009
19.02.09 Birmingham Airport passengers up?
18.02.09 bmibaby adds flights from Manchester, East Midlands and Birmingham
15.02.09 Emergency for Ryanair flight from Birmingham Airport
07.02.09 Big drugs find at Birmingham Airport
07.02.09 New pub at Birmingham Airport
06.02.09 Flybe axe IT staff
01.02.09 Flybe ‘regional airline of the year’
January 2009
30.01.09 bmibaby add one Birmingham route, axe another
27.01.09 Fog hits Birmingham Airport
24.01.09 Birmingham Airport monorail plan
21.01.09 NEC boss downbeat on Birmingham Airport expansion
16.01.09 bmi add Birmingham – Aberdeen flights
15.01.09 Record year at Birmingham Airport
02.01.09 Flybe offers free redundancy cover
01.01.09 Up to £5 to drop someone at the airport
December 2008
29.12.08 Man flies on sister’s passport
23.12.08 New Birmingham Airport rail link
21.12.08 Clown on charity flight strip searched at Birmingham Airport
20.12.08 Milestone for Birmingham Airport
16.12.08 Birmingham Airport runway extension ‘to be approved’
15.12.08 Record November at Birmingham Airport
15.12.08 Turkish Airlines begin flights to Birmingham
14.12.08 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
07.12.08 Birmingham Airport published ‘misleading’ emissions figures
05.12.08 Ryanair ‘rescue package’ for bmibaby passengers
02.12.08 Flybe announce summer schedule; performance ‘ahead of last year’
01.12.08 Two injured at Birmingham Airport
November 2008
30.11.08 Flybe in talks to buy bmi regional units
26.11.08 bmibaby axe 5 Birmingham Airport routes
25.11.08 Passengers down 0.7% at Birmingham Airport
20.11.08 Emergency landing at Birmingham Airport
14.11.08 Solihull Council to decide Birmingham Airport runway extension on December 15
12.11.08 Two awards for Flybe
07.11.08 Polish man charged over big Birmingham Airport drugs find
03.11.08 Job cuts at Birmingham Airport
October 2008
31.10.08 Birmingham Airport runway extension ‘could take 6 years’
30.10.08 Ryanair prepares to launch new Birmingham Airport routes
28.10.08 Drug smuggling pensioner jailed for 9 years
27.10.08 New boss at Birmingham Airport
25.10.08 Flybe wins green award
24.10.08 Birmingham Airport features sex toy picture in annual report
22.10.08 US Airways announce Birmingham – Philadelphia flights
21.10.08 Passport error at Birmingham Airport
20.10.08 £12m upgrade at popular Birmingham Airport hotel
20.10.08 Birmingham Airport staff support diabetes charity
19.10.08 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
15.10.08 Two new Birmingham Airport hotels
13.10.08 Eastern most punctual at Birmingham and Newcastle
13.10.08 SAS offer links to Delhi via Heathrow, Manchester and Birmingham
12.10.08 bmibaby expects busy half term from Birmingham Airport
11.10.08 Second consultation on Birmingham Airport runway extension
09.10.08 Birmingham Airport passengers up 1.5%
09.10.08 Birmingham – India flights fail to take off
07.10.08 Seven years for Birmingham Airport drug smuggler
02.10.08 Ryanair cancel Birmingham flights
01.10.08 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
September 2008
27.09.08 New drugs body scanner at Birmingham Airport
17.09.08 New airline to operate Birmingham – Amritsar flights
16.09.08 Big drugs find at Birmingham Airport
15.09.08 Cyprus a favourite from Birmingham Airport
14.09.08 Flybe cut growth plans on business passenger fall
12.09.08 Busiest month ever at Birmingham Airport
12.09.08 Birmingham Airport talk
11.09.08 Air India axe Birmingham flights
08.09.08 Flybe profits up 14%
06.09.08 Housing schemes hit by Birmingham Airport expansion
04.09.08 £400 fine for air rage on Birmingham – Edinburgh flights
03.09.08 Ryanair announce ski routes from Birmingham Airport
01.09.08 Flybe helps Zoom passengers
August 2008
27.08.08 Flybe report heavy late summer demand
24.08.08 Experts urge Birmingham Airport to join BAA bidding war
23.08.08 Monarch announce Birmingham – Larnaca flights
21.08.08 Flybe welcomes BAA break-up call
14.08.08 Flybe record bank holiday bookings
11.08.08 Flybe sign Avis contract
10.08.08 Flybe web option to counter screen-scraping
10.08.08 Flybe celebrates reward scheme success
09.08.08 Flybe’s departure board gives passengers ‘tailormade’ offers
08.08.08 Birmingham Airport break 1m passenger mark
07.08.08 Turkish Airlines announce Birmingham – Istanbul flights
07.08.08 Big Birmingham Airport drugs find
04.08.08 Flybe denies ‘financial difficulty’ report
01.08.08 New recruits at Birmingham Airport
July 2008
30.07.08 Ryanair announce Dusseldorf flights from Manchester and Birmingham
29.07.08 Flybe use larger planes during Lufthansa strike
29.07.08 Flybe invests £2m to attract business fliers
26.07.08 Birmingham Airport Kinder Egg drugs find
22.07.08 Air tax changes ‘put Birmingham Airport runway plans at risk’
22.07.08 Flybe interline e-ticketing deal
21.07.08 Avoid airports for buying your holiday money
20.07.08 Flybe put Easter 2009 flights on sale
15.07.08 Passengers up 2.8% at Birmingham Airport
15.07.08 Arriva plan Wales – Birmingham Airport train link
11.07.08 Birmingham Airport staff celebrate qualifications
10.07.08 Big drug bust at Birmingham Airport
08.07.08 Ofcom raps Flybe for breaking TV weather sponsorship rules
08.07.08 Flybe launch winter schedule and ‘connections’
07.07.08 Birmingham hotel offers special air crew rooms
05.07.08 Paul Kehoe new Birmingham Airport boss
04.07.08 Flybe expects record profits
03.07.08 Flybe to install seat back advertising
June 2008
27.06.08 Flybe reviews £7m ad business
25.06.08 Ryanair announce Birmingham – Prague flights
25.06.08 First Choice winter Aruba flights from Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham
23.06.08 Ryanair to add 10th Birmingham Airport destination?
21.06.08 bmibaby announce winter flights from Birmingham Airport
19.06.08 Work begins on Birmingham Airport extension
19.06.08 Birmingham Airport parking improvements unveiled
18.06.08 Ryanair announce nine new Birmingham Airport flights; open new base
17.06.08 Record May for Birmingham Airport
17.06.08 New appointment at Birmingham Airport
14.06.08 Flybe ‘fumes’ incident caused by toilet
11.06.08 Liquid bomb plot leader scouted Birmingham Airport
11.06.08 BA writes down Flybe stake
11.06.08 Budget hotel near Birmingham Airport approved
10.06.08 Birmingham Airport says runway extension will benefit economy and health
10.06.08 Former Birmingham Airport boss dies
06.06.08 Ryanair announce 12 new UK routes
05.06.08 Emirates plan Birmingham Airport lounge
04.06.08 Emirates to offer Birmingham Airport – China link
03.06.08 bmibaby launch Birmingham – Warsaw route
May 2008
29.05.08 Eastern switches terminals at Birmingham Airport
26.05.08 Community programme for Birmingham Airport
22.05.08 Record drugs find at Birmingham Airport
22.05.08 Birmingham Airport drugs smuggler jailed
22.05.08 Loganair Dundee – Belfast / Birmingham flights take off
18.05.08 Flybe add airline partnerships
15.05.08 Birmingham Airport dismiss WWF business flights fall claims
13.05.08 Record April for Birmingham Airport
13.05.08 Flybe axe UK – Ireland routes
10.05.08 Flybe extend Birmingham - IOM route
09.05.08 Lufthansa launch Birmingham – Hamburg flights
08.05.08 Ryanair launch Birmingham – Marseille flights
08.05.08 Thomas Cook add Birmingham - Greece / Egypt flights
05.05.08 Appeal date for sacked pilot
03.05.08 Awards for Birmingham Airport ‘good neighbour’ airlines
April 2008
22.04.08 bmibaby announce summer schedule
20.04.08 Birmingham Airport runway extension could hit homes
20.04.08 Flybe fastest growing airline to Germany
19.04.08 Big drugs find at Birmingham Airport
18.04.08 Birmingham Airport top for on time performance
18.04.08 Flybe: pay us to collect APD
17.04.08 Alpha sells airport newsagents to WH Smith
17.04.08 Record March for Birmingham Airport
10.04.08 Terror suspect with Birmingham Airport flightpath map avoids deportation
08.04.08 Monarch boost Canaries flights from Luton and Birmingham
05.04.08 Meeting on Birmingham Airport expansion
03.04.08 Ryanair launches first route from Birmingham Airport
March 2008
31.03.08 Flybe launch 34 new summer routes
25.03.08 Eastern most punctual at Newcastle and Birmingham Airports
21.03.08 Flybe criticise planned APD changes
18.03.08 Flybe Birmingham Airport flights a success
18.03.08 RSA helps Flybe meet data security standard
17.03.08 Birmingham Airport runway extension ‘worth £1 billion a year’
12.03.08 Loganair Dundee – Birmingham flights available, but problems for Belfast
11.03.08 Train operator plans new Birmingham Airport links
09.03.08 College ‘welcome course’ for Birmingham Airport
08.03.08 Passengers up 9.2% at Birmingham Airport
08.03.08 Cheap hotel near Birmingham Airport
07.03.08 Flybe to charge for check-in
07.03.08 Birmingham Airport rainforest donation
04.03.08 Loganair / Flybe announce Dundee – Birmingham and Belfast flights
February 2008
29.02.08 Two injured in bus incident at Birmingham Airport
26.02.08 Birmingham Airport arrest leads to big drugs find
26.02.08 Accor plans budget hotel near Birmingham Airport
21.02.08 Birmingham Airport gets ready for single boarder force
15.02.08 Flybe upgrades website security
13.02.08 Reus 26th Ryanair base; Birmingham flights announced
13.02.08 Flybe to relaunch Birmingham – Toulouse flights
12.02.08 Birmingham Airport passengers down 0.1%
09.02.08 Big cocaine find at Birmingham Airport
06.02.08 MPs back Flybe eco-labeling scheme
02.02.08 Eastern axe Inverness – Birmingham flights
January 2008
30.01.08 Police mobile phone plea over Birmingham Airport gang fight
29.01.08 Prime Minister approves for Flybe qualifications
28.01.08 New Birmingham Airport boss to be offered £200,000 salary
28.01.08 Birmingham Airport replies to ‘readers rant’ on airport parking charge
26.01.08 Birmingham Airport runway plan ‘could move the goalposts’
23.01.08 Flybe hails success of new credit card
22.01.08 One man critical after gang fight at Birmingham airport
22.01.08 Monarch expands onboard recycling programme to Birmingham Airport
21.01.08 Amadeus gets full access to Flybe fares
20.01.08 What an extra 405m means to Birmingham Airport
18.01.08 Residents fear extra noise from Birmingham Airport runway plan
15.01.08 Ryanair to launch new base at Birmingham Airport
15.01.08 Lufthansa to launch Birmingham - Hamburg flights
12.01.08 Passengers up 2.3% at Birmingham Airport
11.01.08 Anti-Birmingham Airport runway campaign aims to 'keep it up' with Flyagra website
10.01.08 Business leaders back Birmingham Airport runway extension
09.01.08 bmibaby announce Birmingham - Warsaw flights
08.01.08 Birmingham Airport submits runway extension plans
05.01.08 Flybe announce new hand baggage rules
04.01.08 Returning troops forced to strip on Birmingham Airport tarmac over uniform ban
03.01.08 Fire closes Birmingham Airport train station
December 2007
30.12.07 ASA bans Flybe ad for misleading prices
29.12.07 Birmingham Airport closes oldest runway
22.12.07 Birmingham Airport say its business as usual
18.12.07 Ryanair announce 50 new routes
18.12.07 SAS to accept self-print boarding passes at UK airports
15.12.07 easyJet launch Birmingham - Geneva flights
12.12.07 Passengers up 2.2% at Birmingham Airport
11.12.07 Partner of flyWhoosh pulls out of deal to operate Dundee flights
08.12.07 bmibaby launch Birmingham - Madrid flights
04.12.07 Creditors of collapsed Birmingham airline Duo left £23m out of pocket
01.12.07 Flybe picks up German award
November 2007
30.11.07 Birmingham Airport release new masterplan
30.11.07 bmibaby announce new routes from Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester and Cardiff Airports
29.11.07 Flybe ad banned
27.11.07 New Inverness routes to Birmingham, Manchester, Exeter and Southamptobn for Flybe
21.11.07 Birmingham Airport consults on runway extension proposals
19.11.07 Flybe 'no misgivings' on Q400
16.11.07 Flybe plane makes emergency landing after fume alert
15.11.07 Birmingham Airport passengers up 2.8% in October
13.11.07 Monarch launch self-service check-in at Birmingham Airport
12.11.07 Flybe reports profits; considering stock market listing next year
12.11.07 Flybe signs disaster recovery deal
09.11.07 New bmibaby flights for Glasgow and Birmingham Airport
October 2007
30.10.07 European air safety regulator could ground Bombardier Q400 turboprops
28.10.07 SAS cancels flights after grounding Q400 planes over new crash landing
23.10.07 Flybe says crew not refusing to fly planes in fumes row
15.10.07 Flybe to launch credit card
10.10.07 Passengers up 2% at Birmingham Airport
09.10.07 Flybe picks UK Business achievement award
08.10.07 Award for Birmingham Airport
06.10.07 Campaign group vows to fight Birmingham airport runway extension
05.10.07 Flybe passes customer service test
01.10.07 Residents happy Birmingham Airport has scrapped second runway plans
September 2007
29.09.07 Flybe says planes are safe
27.09.07 Business leaders support Birmingham Airport expansion plans
26.09.07 Plans for second runway at Birmingham Airport scrapped
23.09.07 Airline cabins to be tested for fumes
21.09.07 Passengers up 2.2% at Birmingham Airport
20.09.07 Birmingham Airport share sale completed
19.09.07 Flight diverts to Birmingham Airport over smoke alert
18.09.07 Flybe slam Tory 'Quality of Life' aviation tax
17.09.07 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed - 13 years after crime
17.09.07 Birmingham Airport black cabs used to promote region
16.09.07 Flight engineers launch legal fight with Flybe
15.09.07 Birmingham Airport breaks through 1m passenger barrier
14.09.07 Emergency landing for bmibaby Birmingham bound flight
12.09.07 bmibaby to launch Birmingham - Madrid flights
11.09.07 Green campaigners question Birmingham Airport's climate claims
07.09.07 Birmingham Airport to hold meetings over health impact of runway extension
06.09.07 Flybe spends £1.5m on website ad campaign
05.09.07 Improved service for disabled travellers at Birmingham Airport
August 2007
30.08.07 Monarch put Gatwick, Luton and Birmingham Airport summer 2008 flights on sale
26.08.07 Airport security firm in TV expose for sale
22.08.07 Flybe signs three year full content deal with Galileo
17.08.07 Flybe Birmingham Airport - Belfast flight hit by lightening
16.08.07 Ryanair increases Dublin flights to UK airports
15.08.07 Birmingham Airport could get its own climate camp
12.08.07 Thomsonfly puts summer 2008 flights to Spain on sale
11.08.07 SkyEurope announce new Birmingham Airport - Bratislava flights
09.08.07 Birmingham Airport passengers up 0.8% in July
09.08.07 Details of fumes incident on Birmingham Airport flight revealed
08.08.07 Monarch puts summer 2008 Birmingham Airport flights on sale
06.08.07 Birmingham Airport security confiscate small drink but miss knife
04.08.07 Security alert Birmingham Airport railway station
02.08.07 Birmingham Airport parking changes
01.08.07 Flybe launch inclusive pricing
July 2007
31.07.07 Customs seize £1.6m heroin haul at Birmingham Airport
27.07.07 Thomsonfly adds 12 new routes for summer 2008
23.07.07 Flybe launch wine club to boost ancillary revenue
23.07.07 Birmingham Airport says PIA had best performance in 2006
22.07.07 UK withdraws Iranian airline's operating licence
21.07.07 Birmingham Airport gets makeover in time for summer
20.07.07 Birmingham Airport passengers up 2.3%
19.07.07 Birmingham Airport set for runway extension after share sale agreed
14.07.07 Flybe to launch frequent flyer scheme
13.07.07 Birmingham Airport closed over 'security issue'
13.07.07 Flybe criticised over cancelled flights at Birmingham Airport
12.07.07 easyJet to fly from Birmingham Airport
11.07.07 Birmingham Airport share sale to go ahead
08.07.07 Passengers still getting baggage security rules wrong
07.07.07 Man jailed for smuggling cocaine via Birmingham Airport
06.07.07 Fly Whoosh announce Birmingham - Newquay flights
05.07.07 Bmibaby 'winning punctuality battle against Flybe'
03.07.07 The latest advice for drivers heading for UK airports
01.07.07 Businesses call for runway extension at Birmingham Airport
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