July is record month for Birmingham Airport

A record number of passengers passed through Birmingham Airport last month, the Birmingham Post has reported.

Birmingham Airport figures show that 1,036,135 people used the hub in July making it the first time ever that the airport has seen over a million passengers in one month.

Joe Kelly, acting managing director of Birmingham Airport, told the Birmingham Post: "It is another record breaking month for the airport. Additionally, our rolling 12 month record of over 9.5 million passengers is definitely something to shout about."

According to Mr Kelly, Birmingham Airport will be expecting more passengers in the coming months as the airport has announced deals with Turkish Airlines and Ryanair to provide new routes.

"We are delighted that Turkish Airlines has announced a new service to Istanbul starting in December, and with Ryanair adding an extra ten routes from October it should be a busy second half of the year as well," he told the newspaper.

Turkish Airlines flights to Istanbul will be the first direct flights to the country from the midlands region.