Not down to the airport but the handling agents. Given there is one which serves the majority of airlines operating at BHX, this isn't a rare occurrence for any of them.
Originally Posted by
THEWEASEL
Still obv no improvement behind the scenes: flew Vueling to BCN last week: incoming aircraft arrived a few minutes late, departed an hour late. Inbound flight landed on time, waited 15 minutes for an airbridge to be connected, and a further hour for the bags (from an A320, come on...!). According to the handling agent, 'the aircraft was moved to another stand before the bags were unloaded'. Found this very hard to believe given that (per FR24) the flight back to BCN left on time, so the bags must have been on the tarmac for a good half hour. Not good BHX, and not even at a busy time of day (no EK/QR flight on the ground for example)