Birmingham Airport reports record January passenger numbers

BIRMINGHAM Airport has started the year on a high, recording a healthy 9% passenger growth rate year-on-year for January 2016 and the busiest January on record.

Last month the airport handled a total of 666,681 passengers, 55,000 more than the same month the previous year.

Demand for seats has increased on both long and short-haul routes, with the most significant growth again recorded on long-haul services which were up by over 18% compared to the same month last year. 

Paul Kehoe, chief executive officer at ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...