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Monarch, a leading low cost airline and holiday company, celebrates the launch of four new routes from Birmingham Airport.

Hilton has signed a franchise agreement with Castlebridge Hotels Birmingham Airport Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wylam Investments, to open a Hilton Garden Inn hotel at Birmingham Airport.

Four of Solihull’s biggest job creators have joined forces to establish a staff car sharing scheme as part of their ongoing commitment to sustainability.

Birmingham Airport is to conduct a consultation to engage with residents that could be affected by newly proposed flightpaths for aircraft departing to the north of the Airport from Runway 33.

Birmingham Airport has revealed May was another record breaking month with passenger figures showing over 1.2 million people travelled through the terminal – giving a 19.5% growth rate year on year.

Birmingham Airport today (9th June) announces that Paul Kehoe has decided to step down as Chief Executive effective from 12 July 2017. 

Birmingham Airport is to launch a new flight update service for departing passenger via Twitter from this summer.

As Birmingham airport celebrates carrying more than 12 million passengers in 12 months there is another reason for carriers using the airport to celebrate. A second ground handling company has started operations in Birmingham giving airlines a choice.

Birmingham Airport has been named an Autism Friendly airport by the National Autistic Society.

XLR is to significantly expand its operations following the acquisition of the Marshall’s 24/7 corporate aviation facilities at Birmingham Airport.

Thomas Cook has introduced Marsa Alam as a new winter sun destination from Birmingham Airport, to meet the increased demand for holidays to Egypt from across the Midlands.

Christmas has come early at Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks as the company today announces that one of its popular dedicated Christmas market trips is now on sale to Vienna from its brand new base, Birmingham Airport.

Emirates announced today that it will be introducing a second daily A380 service between Dubai and Birmingham, beginning 29th October 2017.

When flight BA7025 took off from Birmingham Airport for Florence, Italy it marked a significant return to regional flying for British Airways. 

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has introduced another brand new and exclusive destination to its Summer 18 programme from Birmingham Airport, with the addition of three weekly flights to Pisa.

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has operated its freighter aircraft from Birmingham Airport as part of a new bespoke service for the transportation of exclusive Jaguar Land Rover cars to Chicago.

British Airways returns to Birmingham Airport after a ten-year break this weekend with each way flights throughout the summer from just £29.

Passenger figures recorded in April at Birmingham Airport have revealed the Midlands gateway saw over a million people travel through the terminal giving a healthy 21.7 percent rate of growth when compared to the same month last year.