Birmingham Airport (BHX) has invested in a new software called WebTrak, which will allow members of the public to view aircraft operations live at Birmingham Airport. This is one of many initiatives that the airport has implemented to ensure it is continually progressing and developing new ideas ...

Flights from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Tirana, Paris and Derry can now be booked with Ryanair. From 31 March, the Irish low-cost carrier will serve Paris Beauvais Airport seven times a week and the Albanian capital twice a week. It will begin twice-weekly flights to Derry, in Northern Irelan...

Turkish Airlines will offer Birmingham Airport (BHX) customers 18 flights a week to Istanbul (IST) from summer 2024, it was confirmed today. Türkiye’s flag carrier currently serves this route twice a day (14 times a week). From June next year it will increase frequency to three times a day on Tu...

Low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is to start flying three times a week between Birmingham Airport (BHX) and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), with one-way fares from Birmingham Airport starting at £39.99. From December 21 Pegasus will offer the flights on Tuesdays, Thursda...

Birmingham Airport (BHX)’s Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions fell 25% in 2022/23 compared to the most recent pre-pandemic year of 2019/20, a report published today revealed. While the airport’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report for 2022/2023 showed an increase compared to 2021/22, where CO...

Emirates’ A380 ‘superjumbo’ returned to Birmingham Airport (BHX) this weekend. The iconic 615-seat double-decker, absent since March 2020, brings much-needed extra capacity for business and leisure customers on BHX’s popular, twice daily Dubai services.  Flight EK039 touched down in B...

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has set up a marquee offering additional space for departing customers while work continues to build its £40m new security screening area. Large areas of walking route space inside the terminal are now off limits after being taken over by the project, which is due to be ...

Regular Birmingham Airport (BHX) customers will notice big changes to the terminal as construction of its new security hall progresses. With upstairs queuing space reducing due to the £40m project, BHX has moved its car hire counters to one of its car parks to create alternative queueing areas d...

The UK’s biggest airline today announced it will open a base for three of its aircraft at Birmingham Airport (BHX) from March 2024. This major investment by easyJet will create around 100 direct jobs, including pilots and crew, and will support 1,200* indirect jobs in the West Midlands region. ...

Aegean Airlines returned to Birmingham Airport (BHX) today with twice-weekly Athens flights. Services on its A320 aircraft to and from the Greek capital will run on Tuesdays and Fridays. Tom Screen, Aviation Director for BHX, said after watching today’s 1035 Athens departure take off: “We...

Customers can expect different walking routes and queuing spaces at Birmingham Airport (BHX) this summer - as work to build its new, state-of-the-art security screening area continues. The new ‘next generation’ security facility is on course to be operational by June 2024. Until then the e...

Qatar Airways is returning to Birmingham Airport (BHX) following a three-year absence.  The Doha-based carrier plans to restart daily flights on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from July 10.  Eric Odone, VP Sales, Europe, Qatar Airways, said: “Qatar Airways is pleased to announce the resumption of f...

Zero-emission, hydrogen-powered air travel is the aim of a new partnership between ZeroAvia and Birmingham Airport (BHX).  The companies have entered into a long-term partnership to make on-airfield hydrogen refuelling and regular domestic passenger flights of zero-emission aircraft a reality in...

A business traveller has thanked Birmingham Airport (BHX) staff who saved his life when he suffered a seizure and swallowed his tongue. Company director, Rob Wilcox, 56, from Evesham, Worcestershire, collapsed moments after getting off a flight back home from Düsseldorf in Germany. The father...

Birmingham Airport (BHX) consumed 10% less electricity between April and September 2022 than in the same period in 2019, it was revealed today. This reduction was achieved using low-energy options, such as LED lighting, smart meters, continual energy-use audits, regular site walk-arounds and driv...