Run(a)way Success
The Birmingham Post, http://www.birminghampost.net/news/2008/08/07/birmingham-airport-breaks-1m-passengers-in-one-month-65233-21489292/, and Locate Birmingham have reported on Birmingham International Airport's record breaking passenger numbers in July with 1,036,135 passengers handled during July.
In a rolling 12 month period Birmingham International Airport exceeded 9.5m passengers for the first time. This is an increase of 4.3% over the previous 12 months total.
Some statistics on the bumper July are below:
During the month, 718,958 scheduled passengers and 317,177 charter travellers used the Airport's two terminals, an increase of 7.5% over the previous year.http://www.locatebirmingham.com/news_and_media/news/2008/08/12
In a rolling 12 month period Birmingham International Airport exceeded 9.5m passengers for the first time. This is an increase of 4.3% over the previous 12 months total.
Some statistics on the bumper July are below:
In July, growth was achieved on Non EU routes of 7.3% and EU of 20.6%. The Irish Republic saw an increase of 12.9%.http://www.locatebirmingham.com/news_and_media/news/2008/08/12
Scheduled routes that experienced growth in July include: Bratislava (+2404%), Larnaca (+114.6%), Inverness (+107.2%), Marseille (+75.4%), Hamburg (+40%), Warsaw (+38.3%), Milan (+33.9%), Krakow (+32.2%), Dundee (+24.5%), Arrecife (+22.6%), Dusseldorf (+21.2%), Lisbon (+20%), Mahon (+19.9%), Gothenburg (+18.9%), Faro (+13.1%), Hanover (+10.7%), Almeria (+9.1%), Amsterdam (+5.7%), Ercan (+5%), Alicante (+4.8%), Zurich (+4.2%) and Murcia (+3.2%).
Charter routes which experienced growth were Egypt (+88%), Morocco (+34.1%), Italy (+15.2%), Croatia (+13.2%), Dominican Republic (+12.9%) and Turkey (+6.1%).
Scheduled traffic accounted for 69.4% of the total passenger traffic in July whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 30.6%.
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