Today, Yellow Travel Limited, the leading provider of Birmingham Airport taxi services celebrating 22 years in business in the West Midlands, has expressed its delight at the official news that our local international gateway has shattered its own records to make last year the most important year in its history.
2016 was the busiest year ever with over 11.6 million passengers and it was also the busiest December on record. Overall, the terminal dealt with 11,639,738 people in 2016 - a 14.2% jump on the previous year or an impressive additional 1.4 million passengers. taxi from birmingham airport has now witnessed a phenomenal 22 months of consecutive record-breaking passenger growth.
“Last year was very fruitful as we celebrated the busiest 12 months in our 78-year history and were crowned the most punctual airport in the world by air travel intelligence company, OAG,” confirmed, Paul Kehoe, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Birmingham Airport. “We have also seen the list of long-haul global connections rapidly expand which has resulted in more than a 27% increase. Qatar Airways arrived in March offering daily flights to the state of the art Hamad International Airport in the rapidly developing capital of Doha.”
“Other new carriers in the past year have included Iberia Express, Blue Air, Czech Airlines, Cobalt and Albastar who have bought low-cost seats to popular short haul destinations throughout Eastern and Central Europe. We also saw the introduction of the magnificent Emirates A380 aircraft in March. Whilst we have experienced an incredibly exciting year, Birmingham Airport is well-placed to continue growing. We look forward to launching more routes, a wider selection of airlines in 2017 and we plan to invest £100 million before the summer in our terminal and infrastructure facilities.”
Examining the latest figures further, it is no surprise that the prime holiday month of August 2016 was the busiest of the year with close to 1.3 million passengers. The busiest travel day of 2016 was Friday, August 26th. The year also enjoyed 6 months whereby passenger numbers were over the magic 1,000,000 mark. We celebrate in this ongoing and real-life success story and will continue to provide the finest top-quality Birmingham Airport taxi services in the region.
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