Passengers up 9.2% in February
08.03.08
Birmingham Airport had 635,052 passengers during February, smashing the previous highest figure recorded for the month and a 9.2% increase on the previous year. 527,799 scheduled passengers and 107,253 charter passengers pass through its two passenger terminals last month.
Joe Kelly, managing director of Birmingham Airport said: ‘It was a record-breaking February, which is great news. We are also delighted to have seen bmibaby launch its new route to Krakow in Poland, which once again increases the choice available to passengers flying from their local airport. ‘
In February, scheduled passengers accounted for 83.1% of the total passenger traffic, whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 16.9%. Growth was achieved on Non EU routes of 10.3%, EU routes of 15.4% and domestic routes of 3.9%. The Irish Republic saw an increase of 23.1%, while Services to Asia saw an increase of 1.5%.
Scheduled routes that experienced the highest growth in February included: Bratislava (+567.6%), Murcia (+229%), Faro (+127.2%), Geneva (+124.2%), Arrecife (+79%), Palma (+63%) and Paphos. Charter routes that experienced growth included Bulgaria (+78.7%), Finland (+34%) and Egypt (+22.2%).
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