Record passenger growth for Birmingham Airport

Birmingham Airport passenger figures soared to a new record during April with more than one million passengers headimng through its terminal.

The performance equates to a 21.7% increase on the same month last year although the figures are slightly skewed by the late Easter.

In total, 1,063,290 passengers flew through Birmingham – in excess of 189,000 compared to April 2016.

Long haul services saw a 6.3% increase but the most significant growth was in the short haul sector where volumes 24.3%, aided by the launch of new services by operators such as Jet2.com.

Paul Kehoe, CEO, Birmingham Airport, said: “To be seeing over a million passengers in a month this early in the year is a great achievement for the airport and shows demand is growing rapidly year on year.

“April was our 26th consecutive month of record breaking growth which is a fantastic achievement by the airport team. The busy Easter weekend did fall during the month and so this would have undoubtedly helped boost these figures.

“With a selection of new routes and airlines launching over the next few weeks, including British Airways, we only expect these passenger figures to continue growing as we approach the summer peak season.”

Scheduled traffic accounted for 94% of the total volume, with charter passengers making up the remainder.

Scheduled traffic overall grew by 23.9%, with significant year-on-year growth to Sofia (+297.9%), Bucharest (+222.2%), Faro (+138.1%), Larnaca (+104.3%), Geneva (+96.4%) and Sal Island (+90.1 %).

Charter traffic saw significant expansion on services to Hurghada (+403.1%), Bridgetown (+119.7%), Chambery (+94.1%), Malaga (+90.5%) and Grenoble (+57.9%).

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