BHX Record March Figures
Birmingham International Airport (BIA) handled 730,307
passengers during March, including 595,306 scheduled
passengers and 135,001 charter passengers spread across
the two passenger terminals; smashing the previous highest
figure recorded for the month of March and an 8.4% increase
over the previous year.
These figures represent even more good news for the Airport
as it also handled record numbers in February with more than
635,000.
Peter Vella, Business Development Director at Birmingham
International Airport, said: "It is the second straight month of
record-breaking passenger figures for the Airport, which is
obviously great news as we strive to break the 10 million
passenger barrier this year. We are delighted to have seen
flybe launch new routes to Inverness and Newquay in March,
which once again increases the choice available to passengers
flying from their local Airport."
In March, growth was achieved on non-EU routes of 9.7%,
EU of 10.8% and domestic of 0.9%. The Irish Republic saw
an increase of 16.6%.
Scheduled routes that experienced growth in January includes:
Bratislava (+394.7%), Madrid (+394.1%), Barcelona
(+189.1%), Geneva (+158%), Berne (+80.3%), Faro
(+76.6%), Murcia (+72.4%), Chambery (+66.2%),
Palma (+45.8%), Lyon (+42.5%), Nice (+39.6%),
Arrecife (+25.7%), Almeria (+24.2%), Brest (+18.9%),
Glasgow (+17.9%), Mahon (+16.3%), Zurich (+13%),
Alicante (+12.4%), Paphos (+12%) and Malta (+10.8%).
Charter traffic which experienced growth were Bulgaria
(+145%), Cyprus (+40.3%), Italy (+32.9%), Austria
(+25.9%), France (+24.6%), Egypt (+14.8%), Switzerland
(+13.7%), the Canary Islands (+13.4%) and Spain (+3.5%).
Scheduled traffic accounted for 81.5% of the total passenger
traffic in March whilst charter passengers made up the remaining
18.5%.