BHX July Passengers
Birmingham International Airport (BIA) handled 955,872 passengers
during July, a decrease of 6.7% on the same period last year.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that many have chosen to stay at home and
bask in the great British summer! The loss of MyTravelLite has also
impacted on passenger figures.
However, growth was experienced on services to the Indian sub-
continent, which rose by 12.5%, and non-EU routes which grew by 11%.
Scheduled routes that experienced growth include; Gothenburg
(+94.4%), Zurich (+69.7%), Malta (+39.3%), Inverness (+25.9%), Paphos
(+18.5%), Munich (+14.5%), Amsterdam (+12.8%), Frankfurt (+8.9%),
Aberdeen (+7.7%), Lyon (+7%), Madrid (+6.7%), Glasgow (+5.6%),
Toulouse (+4.6%), Barcelona (+5%) and Brussels (+3.5%).
Charter traffic which experienced growth includes; Croatia
(+117.64%), Bulgaria (+60.1%), Mexico (+37.4%), Morocco (+34.2%),
France (+28.5%), Madeira (+25.6%), Dominican Republic (+23.8%) Cyprus
(+13.3%), Germany (+12.3%) and Tunisia (+5.1%).
Scheduled traffic accounted for 64.4% of the total passenger traffic
in July whilst charter passengers made up the remaining 35.6%.