Birmingham Airport enjoys record-breaking June
Birmingham Airport achieved another month of record breaking growth in June, as more than 1.3 million passengers travelled through the terminal.
The 183,000 increase reflected a 16.4 per cent rise in the number of travellers compared with the same month last year.
Short haul saw a growth of 17.8 per cent whereas long haul services saw a smaller 2.7 per cent increase.
David Winstanley, chief operating officer at Birmingham Airport, said: “June was our twenty eighth consecutive month of record breaking growth, it’s also the third month this year in which we have seen over a million passengers.
"These are both fantastic achievements and show how Birmingham Airport’s popularity is rapidly growing.
"We are now fully into the busy summer season and so we expect figures for the next few months to remain very healthy."
Scheduled traffic accounted for 88 per cent of the total, with charter passengers making up the remaining 12 per cent.
Scheduled traffic overall grew by 18.7 per cent, with significant year-on-year growth to Sofia in Bulgaria, Lisbon, Nantes, Rennes and Ibiza.
