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Amazon customers can now pick up their online orders at Birmingham Airport, thanks to the introduction of Amazon Lockers inside the terminal - the first of its kind at a UK airport.

Ryanair has launched its Birmingham summer 2015 schedule with 21 routes in total including Barcelona, Faro & Malta, which will deliver over one million passengers and support over 1,200* on-site jobs at Birmingham Airport.

Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest month in its 75 year history, as over one million passengers used the Midlands airport during August.

A three month programme of road works will start on the evening of Tuesday 26th August to widen the A45 (Coventry Road) westbound carriageway into Birmingham Airport.

Birmingham Airport has recorded its highest July ever, with 1,051,052 passengers using the Midlands airport during the month. This is an increase of 4.6% over July last year and the second highest month ever recorded in the airport’s 75 year history.

Birmingham is being showcased to Indian travel agents as a leading global visitor destination, as tourist numbers from the country increase.

A new Post Office open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, has opened landside at Birmingham Airport’s Spar Store.

Air India has committed to increase its Birmingham-Delhi-Amritsar operation from four flights per week to daily services from November, when its 18th Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft is inducted into service. 

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional carrier and the largest schedules airline at Birmingham Airport, has reaffirmed its commitment to further growth with the announcement of a brand new route to Berlin Tegel as part of its 2014 – 2015 Winter Schedule. 

Birmingham Airport has welcomed the UK's first direct flight from China into a non-London airport and inaugurated the use of its recently extended runway as the service departed for its five thousand mile journey back to Beijing.

Thomson Airways has launched its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner service from Birmingham Airport, as it departed for Montego Bay, Jamaica.

• Four aircraft to be based at Birmingham Airport in 2015 to include brand new Airbus A321

All Bar One, famous for its stylish food menu and great tasting cocktails, is the latest brand to arrive at Birmingham Airport, as two new bars open their doors to passengers.

Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, has celebrated the start of its new summer ‘twilight’ flights to Reykjavik Keflavik and Ibiza that will operate through to 7th September, 2014, flights to Reykjavik reverting at the end of October to a daylight schedule for the winter.

As Birmingham Airport approaches its 75th birthday, it has revealed that more than two hundred million passengers have travelled through its doors since records began.

Birmingham Airport’s CEO has welcomed talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on trade and visa requirements as essential for bolstering UK-China relations. 

Birmingham Airport has recorded the busiest May in its history, as almost 900,000 passengers passed through the terminal last month, a 5.3% increase compared to the same period last year.

Monarch, the leading scheduled airline to leisure destinations, announces two new routes from Birmingham Airport - to Salzburg and Turin - as part of its winter ski programme for 2014/15. Flights will commence on the 13th December 2014 and are on sale from 10th June 2014. To book visit www.monarch.co.uk