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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 period last year.

March’s passenger figures have produced yet another month of outstanding growth for Birmingham Airport. Up by almost 100,000 passengers compared to the same month last year, the airport has recorded 13.6% year-on-year growth and is celebrating thirteen months of consecutive record breaking growth.

Birmingham Airport has welcomed the arrival of Iberia Express serving four weekly flights to Madrid, with connections to more than 30 Iberia destinations across Spain, Portugal, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Qatar Airways today inaugurated the airline’s fourth United Kingdom (U.K.) gateway, with direct flights between Doha and Birmingham connecting the city with more than 150 destinations worldwide. 

Ryanair, Europe’s number one airline, today (30 Mar) launched its biggest ever Birmingham winter schedule for 2016 with a new route to Sofia, 4 new winter services to Madrid, Murcia, Verona and Vilnius, and more flights to Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Malta and Tenerife.

Romania’s largest hybrid carrier, Blue Air, today (Tuesday) launched twice-weekly flights to Bucharest from Birmingham.

Low-cost airline Norwegian is marking its one year anniversary since taking off from Birmingham Airport for the first time by increasing flights to Malaga for the summer and putting on sale the first of its winter flights for 2016 from £29.90 today.

Birmingham Airport is celebrating another successful month with February passenger figures showing a strong 15% year-on-year growth, giving the airport twelve months of consecutive record breaking results.

Monarch, the leading UK independent airline group, has announced a new route from Birmingham to Lisbon as part of its winter schedule for 2016/17.

A warm Shakespeare welcome will be given to passengers arriving at Birmingham Airport, following the unveiling of a new installation to greet the millions of visitors arriving into the region through ‘Shakespeare’s Airport’ each year.

Leading regional airline boosts 2016 Summer programme with new daily year-round flights to key European city.

The Lufthansa Group airlines achieved another passenger record for Birmingham in 2015 with 737,000 people travelling to and from the West Midlands – an increase of five and a half per cent on 2014.

World Duty Free (WDF), a Dufry company, has begun an extensive refurbishment of its tax and duty free store at Birmingham Airport. 

Birmingham Airport has started the year on a high recording a healthy 9% passenger growth rate year-on-year for January 2016 and the busiest January on record.

Thomas Cook Airlines has announced it will base an extra A321 aircraft at Birmingham Airport to support its newly launched Winter 2016 programme.

Leading Regional Airline Boosts 2016 Summer Programme with Three Brand New Routes to Nantes, Rennes–Saint-Jacques and Limoges

Birmingham Airport has celebrated its most successful year to date, handling 10.2 million passengers during the 2015 calendar year – almost 5% more than the previous year.