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Wizz Air has marked the launch of Rome (FCO) as their latest destination from Birmingham after their inaugural flight departed from Birmingham Airport (BHX) yesterday (Monday 16th June 2025). 
 

Wizz Air today announces a brand-new route from Birmingham to Suceava in Romania.
 

easyJet has today launched a new route from Birmingham Airport to Grenoble in France as part of a bumper package of 22 new routes from UK airports for winter.
 

Colleagues from Birmingham Airport (BHX) and other local organisations joined forces to raise over £30,000 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity by taking the plunge with a sponsored abseil challenge.

Jet2.com and Jet2Holidays have today announced the launch of their biggest ever Winter Sun programme from Birmingham Airport, with more seats and choice on offer for Winter 26/27.

Wizz Air has announced a new route from Birmingham to Sibiu in Romania.

TUI Airways launches new direct flight from Birmingham to Budapest for summer 2026 to support TUI River Cruise programme

Birmingham Airport (BHX) is preparing to welcome 466,363 passengers travelling through the airport for the bank holiday and half term break an increase of 9%.  

Birmingham Airport has donated £5,000 to support a young fundraiser’s charitable initiative aimed at combatting food poverty. We Can CIC, which raises funds for food banks through the sale of donated aluminium drink cans, has been awarded the grant to support the purchase of a can baler to increase its processing capacity and break fundraising records. 

Jet2.com and Jet2Holidays have announced a brand-new route to Samos from Birmingham Airport for Summer 26.  

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has achieved Level 3 (optimisation) of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme for a third consecutive year. The airport received the accreditation, which is currently awarded to less than 30% of passenger airports in Europe, in recognition of its ongoing investment into advanced carbon management processes, as well as its demonstration of wider engagement with third-party business partners on climate action.  

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have marked the launch of Jerez as their newest destination for Summer 25, after their inaugural flight departed from Birmingham Airport this morning (Friday 2nd May).

Jet2CityBreaks has today announced it is expanding its portfolio of city breaks from Birmingham Airport for Summer 25, Winter 25/26 and Summer 26, giving customers and independent travel agents even more choice when to comes to travelling to cultural hotspots across Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Austria.

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has announced its Capital Investment plan, totalling £76.5m over the next 12 months. This plan equates to around £1.5m being spent each week, as the airport gears up for further growth, having closed off its biggest year for passengers’ numbers in 2024.  

easyJet is today celebrating the arrival of two additional aircraft at its Birmingham Airport base, supporting 800 jobs*. The fourth aircraft in the airline’s Birmingham fleet arrives today, with a fifth arriving next month.

Birmingham Airport (BHX) had a record year in 2024/25 with over 13 million passengers during 2024/25, a new peak for the transport hub. Latest figures issued by BHX reveal that 13.004 million passengers travelled through the airport in the 2024/25 financial year.  

With the sun shining on the region, Birmingham Airport has announced that following a multi-million-pound investment in solar last year, all operations are being powered by the recent sunny weather. In recent weeks, the airport's 6-8-megawatt solar farm has been powering 100% of the organisation's required energy usage during some parts of the day, exceeding pre-set targets and helping eliminate carbon emissions.

National Express West Midlands is celebrating after welcoming its 100,000th customer onboard its 97A bus service, just nine months after extending the route to Birmingham Airport.