Birmingham airport surpasses pre-Covid passenger levels – Business Traveller
Birmingham airport (BHX) has become the latest UK airport to exceed pre-pandemic passenger traffic levels.
A total of 1,106,000 passengers travelled through the airport in October, compared to 1,101,000 during the same period in 2019.
BHX says it now expects its 2023/24 traffic to “draw level or even exceed” that of 2019/20, when it served more than 12 million customers.
The airport is currently in the midst of a £50 million project to construct a new security hall, with works expected to be completed by June 2024.
This in turn is part of a £300 million capital investment programme which will increase the airport’s capacity to 18 million passengers per year by 2033.
Last month Heathrow reported its highest ever September traffic figures, welcoming just over 7 million customers over the m...
