Birmingham to Olbia flights part of the success

Birmingham airport has delcared that it had another record breaking month in July as it handled more than one million passengers.

Joe Kelly, acting managing director of Birmingham airport, said: ‘It is another record-breaking month for the airport, following in the path of February, March, April and May.

He added: ‘Biarritz, Bratislava, Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Olbia, Perpignan, Stockholm and Trapani were all new routes that started from the airport in July, helping to reach these record numbers.’

Birmingham airport could see its passenger figures boosted further in December this year when it hosts its first flights to the city of Istanbul, which will be operated by Turkish Airlines.