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Birmingham Airport has proudly awarded Training Ship Stirling, in Shard End, a sum of money to help them purchase a brand new RS Quest sailing boat.

Passenger figures released by Birmingham Airport for April have shown it has recorded fourteen consecutive months of record breaking growth.

Solihull’s hotels, travel and tourism businesses have been recognised for their ‘world class’ service quality for Chinese visitors, with a silver China Tourist Welcome award at the recent, China Outbound Travel & Tourism Market ( COTTM) awards held in Beijing.

Birmingham Airport has welcomed another new airline, with the arrival of the Czech Republic’s flag carrier, Czech Airlines.

Birmingham Airport and The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham today launched ‘The Learning Hub’, a unique educational venue located at the airport.

Tickets are now on sale for Vueling’s new route between Birmingham and the Andalusian city of Malaga, to be launched this winter.

Thomas Cook Airlines has announced an additional Airbus A320 aircraft will be based at Birmingham Airport in Summer 2017, meaning new routes and increased capacity.

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, started operating its 2016 Summer Schedule recently with a choice of up to 430 flights a week to 30 destinations from Birmingham Airport, including six new routes to Limoges, Nantes, Rennes, Rotterdam, Luxembourg and Knock.

Lufthansa has marked 30 years of flights from Birmingham by reaching new heights with passenger figures for the first quarter of 2016 showing 3.3 per cent growth compared with the same period last year.

March’s passenger figures have produced yet another month of outstanding growth for Birmingham Airport. Up by almost 100,000 passengers compared to the same month last year, the airport has recorded 13.6% year-on-year growth and is celebrating thirteen months of consecutive record breaking growth.

Birmingham Airport has welcomed the arrival of Iberia Express serving four weekly flights to Madrid, with connections to more than 30 Iberia destinations across Spain, Portugal, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

Qatar Airways today inaugurated the airline’s fourth United Kingdom (U.K.) gateway, with direct flights between Doha and Birmingham connecting the city with more than 150 destinations worldwide. 

Ryanair, Europe’s number one airline, today (30 Mar) launched its biggest ever Birmingham winter schedule for 2016 with a new route to Sofia, 4 new winter services to Madrid, Murcia, Verona and Vilnius, and more flights to Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Malta and Tenerife.

Romania’s largest hybrid carrier, Blue Air, today (Tuesday) launched twice-weekly flights to Bucharest from Birmingham.

Low-cost airline Norwegian is marking its one year anniversary since taking off from Birmingham Airport for the first time by increasing flights to Malaga for the summer and putting on sale the first of its winter flights for 2016 from £29.90 today.

Birmingham Airport is celebrating another successful month with February passenger figures showing a strong 15% year-on-year growth, giving the airport twelve months of consecutive record breaking results.

Monarch, the leading UK independent airline group, has announced a new route from Birmingham to Lisbon as part of its winter schedule for 2016/17.

A warm Shakespeare welcome will be given to passengers arriving at Birmingham Airport, following the unveiling of a new installation to greet the millions of visitors arriving into the region through ‘Shakespeare’s Airport’ each year.