Birmingham Flights

Name: Birmingham International Airport
IATA code: BHX
Address: Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham, B26 3QJ, UK.
Telephone: 0844 576 6000

Birmingham International Airport (IATA airport code BHX) is currently the sixth busiest airport in the UK. It serves destinations in the UK, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia; in 2007 over 9 million passengers passed through the airports two terminals. The airport is located just 8 miles east of Birmingham city centre and is well situated within local and national transport networks. The central location of the airport within the UK puts many major cities within easy reach; for example, London is just 76 minutes away by train. In 2007, Birmingham International Airport was voted the best airport in Europe in the 5-10 million passengers per year category.

As mentioned earlier, Birmingham International Airport is the sixth busiest airport in the UK; over 50 airlines fly from here to more than 100 destinations all over the world. The airport is a major transport hub and provides a large number of both national and international routes. Companies with a major presence here are bmibaby, Monarch Airlines, Flybe and Ryanair. These airlines provide the majority of the Birmingham International Airports services to European destinations as well as some domestic routes; cities flown to include Barcelona, Nice, Prague, Paris, Krakow, Stockholm, Aberdeen, Cork and Nice. Transatlantic services to American cities such as Newark, Philadelphia and Orlando are provided by Continental Airways, US Airways and Thomson Airways, while national carriers fly to locations in countries such as Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Turkey. Charter airlines such as Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways fly to popular holiday locations in Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.