Another record breaking month at Birmingham Airport

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

Birmingham Airport figures show that 1,079,970 people used the hub in August making it only the second time ever that the airport has seen over a million passengers in one month.

August's figures narrowly beat the previous month which saw 1,036,135 passengers pass through Birmingham Airport and into the record books.

Last month, there were 741,445 scheduled passengers and 338,525 charter travellers passing through the airport's two terminals, which accounted for an increase of 7.4 per cent over the previous year.

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."

Birmingham Airport recently announced deals with Turkish Airlines and Ryanair to provide new routes from the hub.