Birmingham Airport Archives - The Solihull Observer

27^th Jul, 2024

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NEWS 25^th Jul, 2024

Birmingham Airport ready for 'busiest summer ever'

NEWS 17^th Jul, 2024

More passengers using bus to get to Birmingham Airport - says coach company

NEWS 20^th Jun, 2024

More liquid checks at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 19^th Jun, 2024

'All I have is memories' - Husband speaks out after Coventry driver who killed his wife on M42 near Solihull is jailed

NEWS 15^th Jun, 2024

Call for passengers to 'comply' with new liquid rules

NEWS 1^st Jun, 2024

Free trees on offer across Solihull

NEWS 30^th May, 2024

Birmingham Airport ready for liquid allowance changes

19^th May, 2024

Solihull's newest road set to look blooming marvellous thanks to schoolchildren

NEWS 4^th May, 2024

Birmingham Airport gets global approval for carbon busting efforts

NEWS UPDATE 16^th Apr, 2024

Birmingham Airport reopens after ‘false alarm’ security incident

NEWS 5^th Apr, 2024

Birmingham Airport first worldwide to implement waste recycling solution

NEWS 1^st Apr, 2024

Engineering students find sustainable uses for Birmingham Airport's Air-Rail link

NEWS 28^th Mar, 2024

Hall Green man jailed after smuggling cocaine through Birmingham Airport

NEWS 26^th Mar, 2024

Bickenhill Councillor stands down after 40 years

12^th Feb, 2024

WATCH: Bridge across M42 near Birmingham Airport demolished

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2024

M42 closed for bridge demolition

NEWS 29^th Jan, 2024

M42 closed tonight for bridge demolition preparations

15^th Jan, 2024

Lanes closed on M42 after bridge damaged

NEWS 5^th Jan, 2024

Woman remanded over smuggling charges

NEWS 21^st Dec, 2023

Birmingham Airport ready to welcome thousands of Christmas travellers

NEWS 12^th Dec, 2023

Warning after cannabis arrests at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 10^th Dec, 2023

Overnight works to keep Birmingham Airport running

NEWS 1^st Dec, 2023

Birmingham Airport passenger number soar above pre-pandemic levels

NEWS 24^th Nov, 2023

Repairs to adventure playground take off

NEWS 1^st Oct, 2023

Talks on ways to improve transport links with North Solihull

NEWS 27^th Sep, 2023

Opting for a shorter HS2 'would be a mistake' says Birmingham Airport boss

NEWS 10^th Sep, 2023

Grantries installed on M42 congestion-busting upgrade

NEWS 8^th Sep, 2023

Drivers advised to allow extra time for overnight journeys on the M42 near Birmingham

NEWS 31^st Aug, 2023

Birmingham Airport ready to install thousands of solar panels to help reach green target

NEWS 29^th Aug, 2023

Birmingham Airport bosses says it will take 'some days' to clear air traffic control disruption

NEWS 10^th Aug, 2023

M42 closures by Solihull for HS2 bridge demolition work

NEWS 3^rd Aug, 2023

Plane refuelling staff threaten to strike at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 26^th Jul, 2023

Woman airlifted to hospital after crash on M42 near Birmingham Airport

24^th Jul, 2023

Trio sentenced for using Christian group to smuggle drugs through Birmingham Airport

NEWS 13^th Jul, 2023

Hunt is on to find HS2 Automated People Mover contractor

NEWS 11^th Jul, 2023

Man dies following crash with bus near Birmingham Airport

NEWS 25^th Jun, 2023

Free trees on offer to community groups across Solihull

NEWS 20^th Jun, 2023

Marquee installed for passengers at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 16^th Jun, 2023

Former minister named as new boss of airport

NEWS 22^nd May, 2023

Easy Jet makes Birmingham Airport home for three aircraft

NEWS 29^th Apr, 2023

M42 closes for Solihull bridge demolition

NEWS 6^th Apr, 2023

Birmingham Airport set for busy Easter

NEWS 4^th Apr, 2023

New security hall at Birmingham Airport ready for next summer

NEWS 14^th Mar, 2023

Driverless buses help get people to work on time

NEWS 9^th Feb, 2023

Birmingham Airport celebrates 10 millionth customer

NEWS 6^th Jan, 2023

Birmingham Airport starts journey to become carbon neutral

Young carer becomes air traffic controller for the day

NEWS 20^th Dec, 2022

Birmingham Airport flights not hit by Border Force strikes, say bosses

Criminal gang used tins to ship drugs through Birmingham Airport

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2022

Investigation launched as lasers shone at Birmingham Airport planes

NEWS 7^th Nov, 2022

Works on new Birmingham Airport security unit begin

NEWS 10^th Oct, 2022

Air India boost flights from Birmingham Airport

NEWS 8^th Sep, 2022

Woman hurt in M42 crash

NEWS 12^th Aug, 2022

Birmingham Airport sees emissions rise as Covid restrictions lifted

NEWS 4^th Jun, 2022

Solihull handed top award for driverless vehicle projects

NEWS 4^th Jun, 2022

Birmingham Airport prepared to welcome bank holiday travellers once more

NEWS 27^th May, 2022

Bees found at Birmingham Airport rehomed in Meriden woods

17^th May, 2022

Birmingham Airport heroin smuggler with haul worth £1m jailed

NEWS 17^th May, 2022

Birmingham Airport announces latest step to become carbon zero

NEWS 11^th May, 2022

Birmingham Airport security queues 'moving steadily' say airport bosses

NEWS 10^th May, 2022

Birmingham Airport passengers face long security queues

NEWS 6^th May, 2022

Footbridge installed across A45 in Solihull

NEWS 13^th Apr, 2022

Birmingham Airport bosses reveal plans to be net zero by 2033

22^nd Mar, 2022

Driverless buses help get Birmingham Airport passengers moving around

16^th Mar, 2022

Poorly Ukrainian children land at airport ahead of treatments

NEWS 12^th Mar, 2022

Budding pilot ready to take to the skies

NEWS 3^rd Mar, 2022

Transport minister praises Solihull for cutting-edge work on driverless vehicles

NEWS 28^th Nov, 2021

FlyBe to set up new headquarters at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 7^th Nov, 2021

British Airways flights return to Birmingham Airport

NEWS 25^th Oct, 2021

Birmingham Airport police thanked for helping anxious passenger

NEWS 25^th Sep, 2021

PM joins Saqib Bhatti in thanking Solihull effort to help refugees

NEWS 14^th Sep, 2021

British Airways flights set to return to Birmingham Airport

Solihull thanked for kindness shown to Afghanistan refugees

NEWS 8^th Jun, 2021

Birmingham Airport hand donations worth £16,000 to charity

NEWS 28^th Apr, 2021

Birmingham Airport gets health accreditation

NEWS 22^nd Mar, 2021

Birmingham Airport staff tested for Covid to stop spread in workplace

NEWS 25^th Feb, 2021

Step ladder was on landing zone as aircraft touched down at BHX

NEWS 3^rd Feb, 2021

Support grant of up to £8m for Birmingham Airport to draw on

NEWS 31^st Jan, 2021

MP backs calls to support travel, aviation and tourism industries

NEWS 6^th Dec, 2020

New man appointed to push the UK Central Hub in Solihull

NEWS 25^th Nov, 2020

Plea helps bring in cash for Birmingham Airport

NEWS 18^th Nov, 2020

'Significant' ports cash for Solihull as UK readies to leave the EU

NEWS 6^th Feb, 2020

Birmingham Airport supports mental health sufferers in new partnership with Solihull Mind

NEWS 2^nd Sep, 2019

Irish national arrested at Birmingham Airport for possessing a stun gun jailed

NEWS 6^th Aug, 2019

Gecko rescued from Mexican flight by Solihull Trading Standards at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 19^th Mar, 2019

Plans to 'improve, modernise and extend facilities' at Birmingham Airport move a step closer

NEWS 14^th Jan, 2019

Three arrested in weapons and drugs investigation at Birmingham Airport

NEWS 8^th Jan, 2019

Views taken on planned bus routes linking Solihull to Birmingham city centre

NEWS 29^th Nov, 2018

Birmingham Airport expansion plans criticised over rising emission concerns

NEWS 5^th Nov, 2018

WESTMINSTER DIARY: Dame Caroline Spelman

NEWS 4^th Jun, 2018

Football troublemakers forced to hand over passports ahead of World Cup

NEWS UPDATE 5^th Apr, 2018

Noise-busting night flight restrictions approved at Birmingham Airport - MP responds

NEWS 16^th Mar, 2018

Suspected drugs trafficker arrested at Birmingham Airport 'on the run' after bail

NEWS 24^th Oct, 2017

15-year-old boy arrested at Birmingham Airport charged with terror offence

NEWS 11^th Jul, 2017

Solar Polar bear hides out at Birmingham Airport for The Big Sleuth

NEWS 29^th Jun, 2017

Proposed new A46 link road vital to region's economic future

NEWS 21^st Jun, 2017

Birmingham Airport boss Paul Kehoe handed CBE

NEWS 26^th Apr, 2017

Passenger figures soar at Birmingham Airport in March

NEWS 3^rd Nov, 2016

Birmingham-bound forced to turn back after man 'set fire to his hands'

NEWS 26^th Oct, 2016

Renewed calls for Birmingham Airport expansion in the wake of Heathrow decision