Birmingham Airport sees passenger numbers top one million in April
More than one million passengers used Birmingham Airport last month – leaving numbers a fifth ahead of the previous year, new figures have revealed.
The terminal saw passenger numbers increase by 21.7 per cent to 1.063 million, as 189,000 more people used the airport than the same month in 2016.
Long haul services saw a 6.3 per cent increase but the most significant growth was on short haul services where 24.3 per cent more footfall was recorded across the month.
Chief executive Paul Kehoe said: “To be seeing over a million passengers in a month this early in the year is a great achievement for the airport and shows demand is growing rapidly year on year.
“April was our 26th consecutive month of record breaking growth which is a fantastic achievement by the airport team. The busy Easter weekend did fall during the month and so this would have undoubtedly helped boost these figures.
“With a selection of new routes and airlines launching over the next few weeks, including British Airways, we only expect these passenger figures to continue growing as we approach the summer peak season.”
Scheduled traffic accounted for 94 per cent of the total, with charter passengers making up the remaining six per cent.
Sofia in Bulgaria saw the biggest growth, with passenger numbers almost quadrupling, while Romanian capital Bucharest, Faro in Portugal, Larnaca in Cyprus, Geneva in Switzerland and Sal Island in Cape Verde also recording big increases in passengers.
