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Birmingham Airport and American Airlines have launched direct daily flights between Birmingham and New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK).

Icelandair has announced that it will increase services between Birmingham and Reykjavik from two flights per week to four, starting in February 2016.

Belgian regional carrier VLM airlines, has celebrated its inaugural flight to Waterford from Birmingham Airport.

Birmingham Airport has been recognised for minimising the environmental impact on its communities, following the completion of a recent noise management audit.

Thomson and First Choice increase capacity from Birmingham Airport and introduce five new routes.

Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, has announced that the airline is to recommence its Birmingham to Shannon service, beginning in June.

Norwegian, Europe’s third largest low-fare airline, has celebrated its inaugural flight to Madrid from Birmingham Airport, the first of three Spanish routes set to launch this summer.

Birmingham Airport has launched a public consultation into their draft surface access strategy for 2015-2020. 

Birmingham Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalise a working relationship and commit to developing links between the two cities.

Birmingham Airport continues to experience significant growth in 2015, as almost 650,000 passengers passed through the terminal in February, an 8.4% increase on the same month last year.

Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines is to begin operating services on the Waterford-Birmingham route, as from April 27.

The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, has welcomed news that Birmingham Airport will host a programme of charter flights from Beijing this summer, carrying almost four thousand Chinese tourists into the UK on package tours and contributing £19 million to the regional economy.

2014 was another record breaking year for Lufthansa in the Midlands with over 482,000 passengers travelling in and out of Birmingham – a like for like increase of almost seven per cent on 2013.

Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest January in its history, as over 600,000 passengers passed through the terminal last month, an 11.1% increase compared to the same period last year.

Birmingham Airport is next in line to board The Big Hoot flight, having committed to sponsoring an owl for the massive art project set to land in Birmingham this summer.

Icelandair's first scheduled service between Birmingham and Reykjavik has lift off, as passengers were treated to an experience on board the new “Aurora plane”.

Marshall Aviation Services, the business aviation-focused arm of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, has announced it is widening its expertise into the FBO arena.   It has secured the executive aviation handling facility (FBO) at Birmingham Airport and will formally open for business under the Marshall Aviation Services name within the next few months.