Birmingham Airport News

As well as Birmingham Airport's Master Plan and Development Strategy to 2005 - which was prepared to outline the airport's developments to 2005 and is available to view on the official site - there are always latest developments, achievements and interesting news articles available for browsing in their news section.

Major Expansion Planned

Consultation is currently underway on plans to add a new runway and a third passenger terminal to Birmingham airport. The airport will need planning permission for this expansion to go ahead and the airport proposes an increase in passenger numbers from 10 million to 33 million by 2030.

If the expansion goes ahead, there will be a significant effect on the West Midlands area with almost 27,000 jobs becoming available and £957 million income generated in 25 years time.

June sees record number of passengers

June 2005 saw a huge 9% increase in numbers of passengers compared to June last year.

It is thought that this increase, which took the month's passengers to just under a million, was caused by the larger number of destinations and services flying out of Birmingham International.