birmingham airport news stories
May 2008
10.05.08 Flybe extend IOM route
09.05.08 Lufthansa launch Hamburg flights
08.05.08 Ryanair launch Marseille flights
08.05.08 Thomas Cook add Birmingham - Greece / Egypt flights
05.05.08 Appeal date set for sacked MyTravel pilot
03.05.08 Airlines receive 'good neighbour' awards
April 2008
22.04.08 bmibaby launch summer schedule
20.04.08 Runway extension could hit homes
20.04.08 Flybe fastest growing airline to Germany
19.04.08 Three arrested after big drugs find
18.04.08 Birmingham top for on time performance
18.04.08 Flybe: pay us to collect APD
17.04.08 Alpha sell airport newsagent stores to WH Smith
17.04.08 Record March for Birmingham Airport
10.04.08 Terror suspect with flightpath map avoids deportation
08.04.08 Monarch boost Canaries flights this winter
05.04.08 Meeting held on airport expansion plans
03.04.08 Ryanair launch new routes
March 2008
31.03.08 Flybe launch new summer routes
25.03.08 Eastern most punctual at Birmingham and Newcastle in 2007
21.03.08 Flybe criticise Governments APD changes
19.03.08 Flybe hail Birmingham Airport success
18.03.08 RSA helps Flybe meet payment card security standard
17.03.08 Runway extension worth £1 billion
12.03.08 Loganair / Flybe announce Dundee flights on sale
11.03.08 Train operator plans new airport rail links
09.03.08 College hotels welcome course for airport staff
08.03.08 Passengers up 9.2% in February
08.03.08 Cheap hotel near Birmingham Airport
07.03.08 Flybe to charge for using check-in desks
07.03.08 Birmingham Airport rainforest donation
04.03.08 Loganair / Flybe announce Dundee flights
February 2008
29.02.08 Two hospitalised after bus incident
26.02.08 Airport arrest leads to big drugs find
26.02.08 Accor plans budget hotel near Birmingham Airport
21.02.08 Immigration Minister visit Birmingham Airport
15.02.08 Data security upgraded by Flybe
13.02.08 Reus is 26th Ryanair base; Birmingham flights announced
13.02.08 Flybe to relaunch Birmingham – Toulouse flights
12.02.08 Passengers down 0.1% in January
08.02.08 Big cocaine find revealed
06.02.08 MPs back Flybe eco-label scheme
02.02.08 Eastern axe Inverness flights
January 2008
30.01.08 Police make mobile phone film appeal over gang fight
29.01.08 Flybe can award skills qualifications
28.01.08 New airport boss to be offered £200,000 salary
28.01.08 Airport replies to ‘readers rant’ on airport parking charge
26.01.08 Runway plan could move the goal posts for rugby club
23.01.08 Flybe says new credit card is a success
22.01.08 One man critical after gang fight inside the terminal
22.01.08 Monarch expands onboard recycling programme to Birmingham Airport
21.01.08 Amadeus users get full access to Flybe fares
20.01.08 What an extra 405m means to the airport
18.01.08 Residents concerned over runway extension
15.01.08 Ryanair to launch new base at Birmingham Airport
15.01.08 Lufthansa to launch Birmingham - Hamburg flights
12.01.08 Passengers up 2.3% in December; 0.7% in 2007
11.01.08 Campaigners launch 'flyagra' website and spoof e-mail
10.01.08 Business leaders back runway extension plans
09.01.08 bmibaby announce Warsaw flights
08.01.08 Runway extension planning application submitted
05.01.08 Flybe announce new hand baggage rules
04.01.08 Row after troops forced to strip off on airport tarmac over uniform ban
03.01.08 Fire closes train station
December 2007
30.12.07 Flybe advert banned over misleading fares
29.12.07 Birmingham Airport closes cross runway
22.12.07 Business as usual at Birmingham Airport next month
20.12.07 Ryanair announce biggest ever route expansion
18.12.07 SAS to accept self-print boarding passes at UK airports
15.12.07 easyJet launch flights from Birmingham
12.12.07 Passengers up 2.2% in November
11.12.07 flyWhoosh to resume Dundee flights next Monday
08.12.07 bmibaby launch Madrid flights
04.12.07 Creditors of Duo lose £23m
01.12.07 Flybe wins German award for website
November 2007
30.11.07 New masterplan released
30.11.07 bmibaby announce new routes from Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester and Cardiff Airports
29.11.07 Flybe ad banned for being misleading
27.11.07 Flybe announce Inverness flights
21.11.07 Airport holds bus tour consultation on runway and control tower plans
19.11.07 Flybe remains confident in Q400
16.11.07 Another fumes incident for Flybe
15.11.07 Passengers up 2.8 percent in October
13.11.07 Monarch launch self service check-in
12.11.07 Flybe integrates BA Connect, reports profits and is considering stock market listing
12.11.07 Flybe signs disaster recovery deal
09.11.07 bmibaby announce Krakow flights
October 2007
30.10.07 European air safety regulator could ground Q400 planes
28.10.07 SAS grounds Q400 planes again after another crash landing
23.10.07 Flybe says crew not refusing to fly fume planes
15.10.07 Flybe announce credit card launch
10.10.07 Passengers up 2% in September
09.10.07 Flybe picks up business achievement award
08.10.07 Award for airport marketing team
06.10.07 Campaigners to fight runway extension
05.10.07 Flybe ace customer service test
01.10.07 Residents celebrate runway decision
September 2007
29.09.07 Flybe says no need to ground planes after new incident
27.09.07 Business leaders back expansion plans
26.09.07 Airport drops second runway plan
23.09.07 Airline cabin fumes investigation ordered
21.09.07 Passengers up 2.2% in August
20.09.07 Airport share sale completed
19.09.07 Emergency landing for Guernsey flight
18.09.07 Flybe boss slams Tory's 'London centric' aviation proposals
17.09.07 Drug smuggler jailed - 13 years after crime
17.09.07 Birmingham Airport black cabs used to promote region
16.09.07 Flybe flight engineers to launch contracts legal dispute
15.09.07 Over 1m passengers in a month for the first time in 2 years
14.09.07 Emergency landing for bmibaby Birmingham bound flight
12.09.07 bmibaby to launch Madrid flights
11.09.07 Green campaigners question airport's climate claims
07.09.07 Meetings on runway extension health impact next week
06.09.07 £1.5m ad campaign for new Flybe website
05.09.07 Improved service for disabled passengers
August 2007
30.08.07 Monarch launch summer schedule
26.08.07 ICTS put up for sale
22.08.07 Flybe singns three year content deal with Galileo
17.08.07 Emergency landing for Flybe Birmingham - Belfast flight
16.08.07 Ryanair increase Dublin flights
15.08.07 Protesters consider Birmingham Airport climate camp
12.08.07 Thomsonfly puts summer 2008 flights to Spain on sale
11.08.07 SkyEurope announce new Birmingham Airport - Bratislava flights
09.08.07 Passengers up 0.8% in July
09.08.07 Details of fumes incident on Birmingham Airport flight revealed
08.08.07 Monarch put summer 2008 flights on sale
06.08.07 Security screeners confiscate drinks but miss blades
04.08.07 Security alert at airport train station
02.08.07 Birmingham Airport parking changes announced
01.08.07 Flybe website now features inclusive pricing
July 2007
31.07.07 Huge drugs seizure at freight firm
27.07.07 Thomsonfly adds 12 new routes for summer 2008
23.07.07 Flybe launch wine club to boost ancillary revenue
23.07.07 Birmingham Airport says PIA had best performance in 2006
22.07.07 UK withdraws Iranian airline's operating licence
21.07.07 Birmingham Airport gets makeover in time for summer
20.07.07 Birmingham Airport passengers up 2.3%
19.07.07 Birmingham Airport set for runway extension after share sale agreed
14.07.07 Flybe to launch frequent flyer scheme
13.07.07 Birmingham Airport closed over 'security issue'
13.07.07 Flybe criticised over cancelled flights at Birmingham Airport
12.07.07 easyJet to fly from Birmingham Airport
11.07.07 Birmingham Airport share sale to go ahead
08.07.07 Passengers still getting baggage security rules wrong
07.07.07 Man jailed for smuggling cocaine via Birmingham Airport
06.07.07 Fly Whoosh announce Birmingham - Newquay flights
05.07.07 Bmibaby 'winning punctuality battle against Flybe'
03.07.07 The latest advice for drivers heading for UK airports
01.07.07 Businesses call for runway extension at Birmingham Airport
June 2007
28.06.07 Birmingham adopts 'silent airport' approach
27.06.07 Birmingham Airport picks up award
24.06.07 Coventry terminal rejection boosts Birmingham Airport's expansion plans
23.06.07 Birmingham Airport hires young 'apprentices'
22.06.07 Flybe management team picks up award
21.06.07 Ryanair offer £1000 in Birmingham publicity stunt
21.06.07 All 13 staff Birmingham Airport staff featured in TV programme sacked or leave
20.06.07 Passengers down 0.8% at Birmingham Airport
19.06.07 Birmingham Airport announce security upgrade
16.06.07 Flybe is customers top low-cost airline
16.06.07 Coventry Airport terminal plan rejected
12.06.07 bmibaby expands winter flights programme
11.06.07 Birmingham Airport say security 'lesson learned'
09.06.07 Flybe bans travellers from eating own food
08.06.07 Knife missed by 3 security checks at Birmingham Airport
07.06.07 16 Birmingham Airport security staff suspended over TV programme
07.06.07 Birmingham Airport security staff ban man over gun T-shirt
05.06.07 New Birmingham - Lyon flights
05.06.07 Autogrill to buy Alpha Airports for £193.6m
04.06.07 Birmingham Airport 'security lapses' exposed
04.06.07 Flybe announce 'eco labeling' plan
01.06.07 Ryanair announce Birmingham - Shannon flights
May 2007
30.05.07 New flights from Dundee to Birmingham and Belfast take off
25.05.07 bmibaby joins Diamond Club
24.05.07 Passengers fall by 3.8% in April
20.05.07 Birmingham Airport drug smuggler jailed
19.05.07 PIA flight bound for Birmingham Airport makes emergency stop
18.05.07 Investment group agrees to buy Birmingham Airport stake
17.05.07 Aer Arann launch Irish flights from Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham
16.05.07 Flybe plots invasion of Europe
13.05.07 Brooklands Group to publish FlyBe in-flight magazine
10.05.07 Aer Arann Waterford flights set for take off
09.05.07 Airport bidders set for meetings this week
09.05.07 Flybe buy 15 more turboprop planes
05.05.07 AUC unhappy with budget airlines 'confusing' sales processes
05.05.07 Birmingham - Warsaw flights take off
04.05.07 Flybe launch Croatia flights
02.05.07 Bomb hoaxer jailed for 2 years
01.05.07 Business leaders question runway plans
April 2007
29.04.07 Football club boss backs Birmingham Airport runway campaign
28.04.07 Flywhoosh director insists Dundee - Birmingham and Belfast flights will take off
27.04.07 New flights from Dundee to Birmingham and Belfast
25.04.07 Six jailed over illegal passports on Air India Canada route
24.04.07 Extra flights from Newcastle and Birmingham to Isle of Man for centenary TT
20.04.07 Passengers down 0.1% at Birmingham Airport
20.04.07 Flight to Birmingham Airport 'seconds from disaster'
17.04.07 Flybe promote finance chief
15.04.07 Bidders line up for Birmingham Airport stake
14.04.07 Flybe gives passengers environmental information
14.04.07 Flybe end Birmingham City sponsorship
11.04.07 Fall in passengers at Birmingham Airport
11.04.07 bmibaby ups frequency on Scottish flights from Birmingham Airport
10.04.07 Aer Arann announces new routes from Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle
09.04.07 Birmingham Airport gives £100,000 to local school for sound insulation
08.04.07 Flybe critical of carbon flight warning proposal
06.04.07 Flybe says Easter flight sales up 13%
05.04.07 Man accused of smuggling cocaine at Birmingham Airport
03.04.07 Novotel reinvents the 'TV Diner' for its solo guests
March 2007
22.03.07 Passengers down 3 percent in February
22.03.07 Thomsonfly announced new route from Birmingham Airport
21.03.07 Flightmapping take down Flybe links over commission dispute
19.03.07 Balfour bidding for airport stake
19.03.07 Man jailed for 6 months over passport scam
17.03.07 Councils 'still in running' on shares sale
13.03.07 Councils fail to bid for airport stake
12.03.07 Airport confident of replacing BA Connect routes
08.03.07 Passport fakers target 'notorious' Birmingham Airport flight
06.03.07 Norwegian to launch Warsaw flights
06.03.07 Flybe takeover of BA Connect hits Birmingham flights
05.03.07 Flybe completes BA Connect purchase
03.03.07 Emirates targets more passengers
03.03.07 Airline fined over bird cargo
02.03.07 Regional Airports drive UK growth
02.03.07 Flybe purchase of BA Connect misses deadline again
February 2007
24.02.07 Airline plans Blagladesh flights
23.02.07 New Northern Cyprus flights announced
23.02.07 Airport appoints new finance director
22.02.07 bmi takes advantage of air tax loophole
22.02.07 More drugs seized
21.02.07 Flybe prepares for launch of Edinburgh and Glasgow shuttle services
21.02.07 Flybe.com best airline website
17.02.07 bmibaby add more new route, more fights and another plane
17.02.07 Airport team wins award
16.02.07 BA Connect cancels flights
14.02.07 Flybe offers new tools for travel agent websites
13.02.07 Woman remanded in custody over drugs find
08.02.07 Snow hits Birmingham Airport flights
08.02.07 Acting managing director appointed
06.02.07 Eye scan immigration control launched
03.02.07 BA Connect sale may not happen until March
02.02.07 Runway extension plans get £25m boost
January 2007
31.01.07 Private funeral for airport boss
30.01.07 Runway extension plans to be submitted
29.01.07 6 months suspended jail term for man caught with false passport
25.01.07 Councils meet on share sale
23.01.07 Councils poised for airport buyout
19.01.07 Managing director killed by falling branch
18.01.07 Councils issue statement on sell-off plan
18.01.07 bmibaby celebrates two years of flights at Birmingham Airport
15.01.07 Macquarie considering Birmingham Airport stake sale
11.01.07 December passenger numbers up 1.7%
December 2006
29.12.06 250 jobs to go when Flybe takes over BA Connect
27.12.06 Airport plans carbon offset scheme
25.12.06 Nasty shock for Birmingham airport baggage handlers
24.12.06 Wrapped presents and bottles in hand luggage causing security delays
21.12.06 Flybe to scrap Spanish flights
16.12.06 Call for early runway extension
16.12.06 Menzies workers call off strike
15.12.06 Menzies Cargo staff set Christmas strike date
13.12.06 Passenger numbers up 2% in November
12.12.06 Deadline for comment on Flybe BA Connect purchase set
11.12.06 DAA join Macquarie in considering share sale
10.12.06 Menzies Avaition staff plan Christmas strike
07.12.06 Macquarie share sell off 'could lead to sale of Birmingham airport'
03.12.06 Ground handling firm faces strike over pay dispute
November 2006
29.11.06 Flybe add new routes as part of summer expansion
28.11.06 Pilot strips off to protest about airport security
25.11.06 Flybe announce shuttle services to Glasgow and Edinburgh
24.11.06 bmibaby annouces 'phase two' of expansion - including 4 new routes
22.11.06 More than half of potential passengers use other airports
22.11.06 T-Mobile launch new Wi-Fi service
21.11.06 Passenger numbers fall at Birmingham Airport
21.11.06 Eastern Airways adds Saturday Inverness flight
11.11.06 Military night flights not angering locals
09.11.06 Merged SN Brussels / Virgin Express to be called Brussels Airlines
04.11.06 Flybe to double in size after BA Connect purchase
03.11.06 Flybe in BA Connect purchase
02.11.06 bmibaby plans massive growth
01.11.06 bmibaby announces Glasgow, Faro and Murcia flights
October 2006
27.10.06 Monarch Airlines Malaga route tops 200,000
27.10.06 Airport confiscates 800 litres of liquids every day
26.10.06 Flybe wants hourly Glasgow flights
24.10.06 Passengers delayed by queues at Stansted and Birmingham Airports
24.10.06 New airline unveils UK - Gibraltar routes
17.10.06 Flybe challenge football fans
12.10.06 Flight emergency at Birmingham Airport
12.10.06 Passengers down for forth month running
07.10.06 bmibaby cuts fares by up to 30% in sale
07.10.06 Flybe named a 'Superbrand'
06.10.06 Smoke-free airport wins award
01.10.06 Flybe plan to charge for airport check-in
September 2006
30.09.06 Community and environmental report released
28.09.06 Flybe puts summer flights on sale
27.09.06 New airport hotel planned
22.09.06 FoE say UK airport expansion plans 'flawed'
21.09.06 bmibaby to add Birmingham airport routes
20.09.06 Flybe to concentrate on domestic routes
19.09.06 Flybe critical of runway plans
15.09.06 bmibaby to expand fleet
12.09.06 T-shirt terror alert
09.09.06 Flybe to deploy new aircraft at Birmingham airport
09.09.06 Flybe extends online check-in to indirect sales
08.09.06 Birmingham - Aberdeen flights for bmibaby
08.09.06 bmibaby pilot strike called off
05.09.06 bmibaby offer savings on airport parking
August 2006
22.08.06 Confusion over security rules
18.08.06 Not guilty plea over 'bomb hoax'
18.08.06 Monarch launches online check-in
17.08.06 bmibaby pilots vote to strike
11.08.06 How terror alert hit Birmingham Airport
10.08.06 Major security alert at UK airports
10.08.06 Heatwave blamed for fall in passenger numbers
05.08.06 Birmingham Airport plans delayed by Coventry inqury
03.08.06 Flybe step in with extra flights and lower fares after BA scrap Belfast flights
02.08.06 BA to scrap Belfast flights
01.08.06 Small dip in profits at Birmingham Airport
July 2006
30.07.06 Cargo plane crash pilots sacked
29.07.06 Eight year jail term for cocaine smuggler
28.07.06 New ski route from Birmingham Airport
26.07.06 Sexual health pack to be handed out at Birmingham Airport
18.07.06 Birmingham Airport passengers fall 1.8% in June
10.07.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Hotel
08.07.06 Landing gear problem caused Birmingham Airport plane crash
07.07.06 Passenger pleads guilty to Birmingham Airport bomb hoax
07.07.06 Birmingham Airport flight hit by lightning
June 2006
29.06.06 Birmingham and Coventry Airport's clash at inqury
28.06.06 Monarch to base more planes at Birmingham Airport
28.06.06 More flights from Birmingham for Flybe
23.06.06 First Choice plane makes emergency landing at Birmingham Airport
19.06.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Parking
16.06.06 Birmingham Airport flights return to normal
16.06.06 Crash landing causes huge delays at Birmingham Airport
15.06.06 Birmingham Airport runway closed after emergency landing
08.06.06 First digital radio service launched at Birmingham Airport
05.06.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Hotels
02.06.06 Flybe forced to reschedule this weekends Murcia flights
May 2006
23.05.06 Flybe launch 'biggest UK sale'
23.05.06 Continental increase Birmingham - New York flights
22.05.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Hotels
19.05.06 Birmingham Airport passengers up 2.4% in April
15.05.06 Emirates to raise Birmingham Airport - Dubai capacity by 26%
15.05.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Car Parking
09.05.06 Arrest warrant for Birmingham Airport bomb hoax man
08.05.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Hotels
04.05.06 Eastern are most punctual at Birmingham Airport
03.05.06 Flywho plan July launch for Florida flights
02.05.06 Cheap Birmingham Airport Parking
April 2006
29.04.06 Monarch celebrate first year at Birmingham Airport
28.04.06 Aer Arann puts back Birmingham Airport - Liege flight plans
19.04.06 Birmingham Airport boss appears at Coventry inquiry
17.04.06 SkyEurope adds Birmingham Airport - Krakow flights
15.04.06 Birmingham Airport shows off new noise tracking systems
15.04.06 Emirates plan third service from Birmingham Airport
14.04.06 Passengers at Birmingham Airport up 2.4% in March
13.04.06 Birmingham Airport expects busiest summer ever
12.04.06 BA connect launch Birmingham Airport - Belfast flights
04.04.06 Campaigners question Birmingham Airport passenger forecasts
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