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Introduction and History
Birmingham International Airport serves the greater Midlands area, Birmingham International Airport is one of the largest in the UK, based in the Midlands handling 12 million passengers a year. There are two terminals. The airport opened in July 1939. During WW2, the Air Ministry used it. Birmingham City obtain ownership in 1960. In 1991 the second terminal opened (Eurohub). In 1993, private sector investmnt dictated future plans. 13km (8 miles) southeast of Birmingham. Situated on the A45 Coventry Road, appox 8 miles east of Birmingham City Centre. The airport is also close to Junction 6 of the M42 but there are direct connections from the M1, M5, M6 and the M40.
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Facilities
Introduction Facilities include; left-luggage facility on the first floor in T1, baggage trolleys in the main entrance, check in desks on the ground floor, telephones, postal services, left luggae on the first floor, 24 hour medical centre, photo machine on the ground floor, baby changing rooms, arrivals baggage collection and meeting areas on the ground floor.
Food: Abraham Darby Pub | Bar des Voyageurs | Blues Music Bar | Burger King | Cafe Bar 08 | Cafe Ritazza | Costa Coffee | Deli Sandwich Bar | Delice de France | Food Village | Millies Cookies | Shakespeare Ale House | Starbucks | Village Grill and Viva Coffee | Viva Coffee | Wetherspoon The Dragonfly Pub.
Shops: Antler | Book Bound | Books Plus Music | Boots | Claires Accessories | Co-Op Travel | Cotton Traders | Dixons | Gadget Shop | Impulse | Perfume and Cosmetics Store | Photo-Optix | Serendipity Games | Spar Convenience Store | Sunglass Hut | The Soft Shoe Company | Thorntons | Tie Rack and Rolling Luggage | WH Smith | Zinq | World News.
Currency Exchange: Bureau de Change on the ground floor, the baggage reclaim hall and the International departure lounge ATMs on the ground floor.
Disabled
Facilities: Facilities include discabled toilets, lifts, wheelchairs available on request from airlines, induction loop system, TextPhone in T1 (hearing for the deaf), staff who can use sign language at the information deak, allocated car parking (Blue Badge scheme does not operate except in authorised areas).
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Business Travellers
Executive Lounges: Handling agents Aviance and Servisair have lounge facilities for their customer airlines. Business services available in each lounge. Located in T1 (between Concourse B and C) with meeting rooms, email, PC workstatoins and fax. Features found in the Business Center: 3 work stations with modem hook-up, Overnight package drop (UPS & Fedex), Bill changer , Coin-operated & credit card pay telephones, Coin-operated copy machine Coin-operated stamp machine, Courier service, Notary Public on premises and Secretarial services.
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Getting There and
Local Travel Connections
Road: From Birmingham city centre take A45 east to Coventry. From the South or North of England take the M42 (which links to the M40 and M1 from London, M6 from Manchester and the M5 from the South East) to J6, turn off onto the A45 towards Birmingham to the A45. The M6 toll road provides a fast alternative. .
Train: Air-Rail Link connects the airport Passenger Terminals with Birmingham International Rail Station running every 2 minutes. Trains run between Birmingham International and New Street Station in the city centre takes 20 minutes) and from there you can reach destinations across the country.
Taxi:
Based between T1 and T2 at the rank outside the Millennium Link Building, each taxi carries maximum of five people with luggage.
Bus or Coach: The bus stop is located outside the main terminal. Services operated by Travel West Midlands include 37A to Birmingham City Centre (Stop K,) 58A to Birmingham City Centre (Stop K), 900 Airport Link to Birmingham City Centre (Stop K), 900 Airport Link to Coventry (Stop L), 966 Airport Link to Erdington (Stop M) and 966 Airport Link to Solihull Rail Station (Stop L).
Connected by Millennium Link walkway.
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Local Tourist Attractions Near to
Birmingham International Airport
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Contact Details....
http://www.bhx.co.uk
Birmingham International Airport Ltd, UK
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(0)870 733 5511
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Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B26 3QJ
ICAO Code:
EGBB
IATA
Code:
BHX
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