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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.

Whilst the Airports Commission is mandated with taking a “UK-wide perspective”, new analysis has questioned whether it has properly investigated the potential economic effect on the country’s regions of the shortlisted runway options. 

Birmingham Airport has reported its busiest year ever in 2014, which ended with another record month in December.

Cello Aviation is adding a Boeing 737 to its fleet in a major development for the Birmingham based carrier.

Birmingham customers will be able to fly direct to Deauville for the first time this summer following Flybe's announcement to add this third new French route to its 2015 Summer schedule.

Turkish Airlines has announced that it will increase services between Birmingham and Istanbul from ten flights a week to twelve from the 29th March 2015, providing even more domestic and international connections to passengers from the Midlands. 

Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies, has announced a third daily service from Birmingham Airport to Dubai, becoming the first airline to offer a direct First Class service to the region. 

Birmingham Airport and Air India have celebrated the start of daily flights between Birmingham, Delhi and Amritsar after the carrier took delivery of its 18th Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’.

Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest November in its history, as almost 650,000 passengers passed through the terminal last month, a 10% increase compared to the same period last year. 

Birmingham Airport and Europe’s third largest low-fare airline, Norwegian, have announced that flights will commence to Madrid, Barcelona and Malaga from Birmingham next summer.

Flybe has announced its full 2015 Summer schedule from Birmingham featuring 25 routes with a total choice of up to 336 flights a week across its extensive UK and Europe network and that includes two brand new routes to Biarritz and Bastia (Corsica).

Air India’s new daily flight programme between Birmingham, Delhi and Amritsar will commence on Sunday 21st December, after the carrier takes delivery of its 18th Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft.

Birmingham Airport has ended the summer flying season on a high, as almost 900,000 people chose the Midlands airport in October.

Vueling, Spain's leading low cost carrier, will launch flights from Birmingham Airport to Barcelona from 1st June 2015. The airline will start with three flights a week, and grow up to four in August to Barcelona El Prat Airport where it is the leading airline, with almost 40% of the market share.