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Birmingham Airport has awarded Spotlight Stage School, based in North Solihull, with a grant to support them in representing England at the 2016 Dance World Cup in Jersey later this month.

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has today (22nd June 2016) announced a brand new route between Birmingham and Toulouse-Blagnac airports with daily flights starting on 30th October, providing the only direct service between the two destinations.

Monarch celebrated the launch to two new routes from Birmingham Airport to Lisbon and Madrid last Friday.

Romania’s largest hybrid carrier, Blue Air, has launched three times weekly flights from Birmingham to Cluj, the second largest city in Romania.

Birmingham Airport has recently welcomed another new carrier. Spanish airline, AlbaStar, has launched twice weekly flights between Birmingham and Palma de Mallorca.

Birmingham Airport handled over one million passengers in the month of May - the earliest point in the year that the airport has reached this milestone.

Turkish Airlines has launched its double daily services between Birmingham and Istanbul increasing the volume of seats on sale from the Midlands and providing 289 onward global connections from Istanbul.

Flybe has launched flights to three new French routes from Birmingham Airport, namely Nantes, Rennes-Saint-Jacques and Limoges. The routes form part of the airline’s expanded Summer 2016 flying programme.

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, has recently celebrated inaugural flights to three new routes from Birmingham Airport.

Birmingham Airport has proudly awarded Training Ship Stirling, in Shard End, a sum of money to help them purchase a brand new RS Quest sailing boat.

Passenger figures released by Birmingham Airport for April have shown it has recorded fourteen consecutive months of record breaking growth.

Solihull’s hotels, travel and tourism businesses have been recognised for their ‘world class’ service quality for Chinese visitors, with a silver China Tourist Welcome award at the recent, China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market ( COTTM) awards held in Beijing.

Birmingham Airport has welcomed another new airline, with the arrival of the Czech Republic’s flag carrier, Czech Airlines.

Birmingham Airport and The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham today launched ‘The Learning Hub’, a unique educational venue located at the airport.

Tickets are now on sale for Vueling’s new route between Birmingham and the Andalusian city of Malaga, to be launched this winter.

Thomas Cook Airlines has announced an additional Airbus A320 aircraft will be based at Birmingham Airport in Summer 2017, meaning new routes and increased capacity.

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, started operating its 2016 Summer Schedule recently with a choice of up to 430 flights a week to 30 destinations from Birmingham Airport, including six new routes to Limoges, Nantes, Rennes, Rotterdam, Luxembourg and Knock.