Birmingham airport has recorded the busiest year in its 77-year history.
The midlands airport saw 11 million passengers travel through in the past 12 months – a year after breaking the 10 million mark last August.
Comparing the same period between 2014 and 2015, 10.2 per cent more people have travelled through, due to airlines increasing capacity and launching new services.
The airport also recorded its busiest single day on August 19 2016 when 44,767 travelled – 14.1 per cent more than the last busiest day on August 13 2015.
Over the past 12 months long-haul traffic has increased by 26 per cent, with strong growth to the Middle East (+34.1%), North America (+32.6%) and Europe (+10.8%). Low cost flights rose by 11.5 per cent, while scheduled services grew by 6.9 per cent.
Birmingham Airport CEO, Paul Kehoe, said: “Reaching 10 million passengers last August was a big milestone in the airport’s history but reaching 11 million is an absolute game changer.
“It shows that demand for flying to and from the Midlands is rapidly rising and this is only expected to continue as national and international investment in the region continues and the Midlands Engine powers on,” said Kehoe.
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