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Since opening in 1939, Birmingham International Airport has grown to become the UK’s fifth largest Airport, with over 50 airlines operating scheduled and charter services to more than 100 destinations worldwide. |
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Birmingham Airport Roots ... |
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The airport is also the third largest for charter traffic and has the highest proportion of business traffic second only to London Heathrow. In 2004, the two terminals at the airport handled nearly nine million passengers. |
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Birmingham Airport Historical Facts ... |
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| Although only a regional airport Birmingham Airport has some interesting facts figures: |
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Birmingham Airport - Quick Facts & Figures |
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The UK’s fifth largest Airport |
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9 Million passengers per year |
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Two passenger terminals |
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Employs approximately 7,000, around 700 of which are employed by BIA alone |
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Over 50 Airlines fly to approximately 100 destinations worldwide |
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Owned and operated by Birmingham City Council as a municipal airport, Birmingham International began life at Elmdon in Birmingham in 1939.
The airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry for use during the Second World War, however, re-opened for civil flying in July 1946.
In April 1974, the newly formed West Midlands Metropolitan County Council took over the Airport. Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton were the seven Metropolitan areas incorporated under The County Council.
As international flights became available, Birmingham Airport expanded the terminal and runway, however, it was soon clear that a new solution would be required to handle the growing volume of passengers.
In 1984 the new main terminal with a capacity for 3 million passengers opened its doors.
After the West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986, ownership of the Airport transferred to a newly formed West Midlands District Joint Airport Committee.
On 1st April 1987, following The Airports Act 1986 that introduced a legislation requiring municipal airports, with a turnover in excess of £1 million, to become Public Airport Companies, ownership of the Airport was transferred to Birmingham International Airport plc, a public limited company owned by the seven West Midlands district councils.
As the airport underwent further expansion, a second terminal named ‘the Eurohub’ opened in July 1991.
In 1993, BIA was restructured into a private sector company to finance a proposed £260 million development programme to begin in 1997.
On 3rd March 2000, Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, officially opened a £40 million terminal development at Birmingham International Airport.
In the December 2003 White Paper, the Government identified Birmingham as the preferred location for a new runway in the Midlands, and considers that it will be needed from around 2016.
Since this announcement, the Airport Company has carried out a Master Plan Review process, addressing a wide range of surveys, forecasts, infrastructure proposals and mitigation plans, and on Monday 31st October 2005, the Airport published its new Draft Master Plan “Towards 2030: Planning a Sustainable Future for Air Transport in the Midlands”, triggering an extensive consultation process.
The consultation period has provided all stakeholders and interested parties with an opportunity to consider and comment on the proposals for Birmingham International Airport’s future.
The consultation remained open until 31st March 2006, and all views that have been collected will now be fully considered before any new Master Plan is final adopted by the Airport Company. |
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