OK I'm biased but Brum is the best airport to fly from.
Local, good parking, good rail connections, small queues, good facilities and staff.
On a recent trip from Dubai I was back at home 35 minutes after I had landed.
My only gripe is why there are not more City Break routes. e.g Barcelona (Girona is not Barcelona!!), Lisbon, Madrid, Rome Vienna.
There must be a supportable requirement for these routes in the midlands, but yet we are forced to connect or goto (god forbid) LHR or MANC.
It always amazes me when I watch the flight trackers online how much time airlines waste getting into LHR. There are usually 3 or 4 stacks active during the day and 100 miles up the road a/c are straight in every time.
It just bewilders me the lack of vision of people in the aviation industry.
Adie