Birmingham Airport

Emirates has announced that it will be introducing a second daily A380 service between Dubai and Birmingham, beginning 29th October 2017. Flight EK39/40, currently operated by a…

Turkish Airlines hosted a workshop for the travel trade in Birmingham last week, allowing the city’s agents to sample a “Taste of Turkey”. The event took place at the Novotel Birmingham…

Birmingham’s hotel sector has seen its most successful year in history, with occupancy rates for 2016 peaking at 99% capacity and averaging at 75% - both, the highest on record.  The…

Building on a successful partnership at Gatwick Airport, independent airline group Monarch has chosen lounge operator No1 Lounges as its preferred lounge supplier at Birmingham Airport.…

Flybe, a European regional airline, has entered into a codeshare partnership with Air India, enabling the national carrier to place its ‘AI’ code on Flybe flights in the UK. Under the…

 On 19th May, Icelandair will begin a seasonal service to Montreal’s, Pierre E. Trudeau International airport (YUL). Flights to Montréal will operate four times a week between May and 7th…

Lufthansa has marked 30 years of flights from Birmingham by reaching new heights with passenger figures for the first quarter of 2016 showing 3.3 per cent growth compared with the same…

Qatar Airways has inaugurated its fourth United Kingdom (UK) gateway, with direct flights between Doha and Birmingham, connecting the city with more than 150 destinations worldwide. The…

Emirates launched its A380 service to Birmingham Airport over the Easter weekend, replacing an existing Boeing 777 on the daily EK39/40 flight. Emirates will now offer three daily flights…

Emirates will start flying its new two-class Airbus A380 aircraft to Birmingham next year. Commencing on 27 March 2016, the double-decker jet will be deployed on the EK39/40 service…

Beijing Capital Airlines, the Chinese airline that recently entered the long-haul market, is planning to launch its first flights to the UK and Australia. According to a statement on…

Qatar Airways has confirmed it will launch flights to Birmingham on 30 March 2016, from its hub in Doha, adding to its existing UK services to London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh.…

Icelandair has announced that it will increase services linking Birmingham and Reykjavik from two flights per week to four, starting in February 2016.  The new flights from Birmingham…

Emirates has announced it will add a third daily flight between Birmingham and Dubai next summer. From 1 August 2015 the carrier will add a morning departure from the Midlands…

Birmingham Airport has offered its support for expansion at Gatwick Airport at the Conservative Party Conference this week. Birmingham Airport’s CEO Paul Kehoe joined Gatwick CEO…

Air India has announced it will offer daily flights between Birmingham, Delhi and Amritsar from November. The carrier already flies four times a week between Birmingham and India and…

Flybe has announced it will add new flights from Birmingham to Hamburg and Oslo this winter while extending some of its summer routes to year-round. The airline will offer the two new…

Birmingham Airport will become the first outside of London to operate flights into China, it has been announced. Maria Miller, secretary of state for culture, media and sport…

UK flight punctuality improved 3% in the second quarter of this year compared to the same quarter in 2012, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced. Around 81% of scheduled…

The owner of Stansted airport, Manchester Airports Group (MAG), has submitted its expansion plans to Sir Howard Davies’ Airports Commission.  The plans include a GBP10 million four…

Birmingham Airport’s runway extension got underway today as the airport continues to bid for more long-haul routes. The runway will be increased by 405 metres which will allow aircraft with…

No.1 Traveller is to open its first airport lounge outside of London tomorrow (31 Oct) with an opening at Birmingham Airport. The lounge will offer seating over two levels, a bar, bistro,…

Birmingham Airport has launched its dedicated website to the travel trade under www.airportgurus.co.uk. Following from its ‘Enlightenment to the travel trade’ theme, the website is now…

Turkish Airlines has increased its flights between Birmingham and Istanbul. The airline now flies 10 times a week from the midlands airport and a giant model aircraft now hangs from the…

Birmingham Airport officially introduced its expanded travel agent support team to the trade last night under the ‘Airport Gurus’ name. Tracey Quirk and Stefanie Bowes have joined the…

United Airlines marked the 15th anniversary of its route between Birmingham and New York this week with a gate ceremony at the UK airport. Bob Schumacher, managing director sales UK &…

Birmingham Airport has released a new advertising campaign aimed at Heathrow’s travellers to ‘claw back’ its catchment area. Using the strapline ‘Birmingham makes more sense’, the…

Monarch Airlines has announced its flights from Birmingham and East Midlands this summer. The airline will introduce two new scheduled services from Birmingham to Barcelona and Nice from…

China-based airlines are ‘carefully considering’ flying to and from Birmingham to bypass limited capacity at Heathrow, the airport has revealed. Management at Birmingham Airport are said to…