Birmingham International outlines long-term development plans
Birmingham International Airport plans to grow passenger numbers from 9.2 million to 27.2 million passengers per year by 2030.
It predicts that the airport will see 205,000 air transport movements a year by 2030, compared to the current 108,658.
The figures were disclosed in an interim statement released this week ahead of the publication of a ‘Master Plan’, due to be released later this year.
The statement also reveals plans for an extension to the main runway, which could be open before 2012.
The airport says a second runway will not be needed before 2030, but a third passenger terminal will be built on the existing site, with the first phase proposed for 2018.
Acting managing director Joe Kelly said: “Although the detail of the airport’s new ‘Master Plan’ will be kept under review, the increasing importance of Birmingham International Airport to the region is evident.
“We also acknowledge that our development must be carried out in an environmentally sustainable way, mitigating impacts on the environment and people, as well as considering climate change.”
By Bev Fearis
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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