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
investment 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.
Facilities - 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 luggage
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.. Bureau de Change on the ground floor, the baggage reclaim hall
and the International departure lounge ATMs on the ground floor. . Facilities
include disabled 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). . Connected by
Millennium Link walkway..
Food - the main food outlets inside the airport are
as follows: - 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 - the main shops inside the airport are as
follows: 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.
Connecting Airlines - the main airlines that fly to
and from this airport are Aer Arann | Aer Lingus | Air France | Air Malta |
Air Slovakia | Air Transat | Alitalia | bmibaby | Britannia Airways | British
Airways CitiExpress | City Airline | Continental Airlines | CSA Czech Airlines
| Cyprus Airways | Eastern Airways | Emirates | Eurocypria | European Air
Charter | Excel Airways | First Choice Airways | flybe | Iberworld |
Islandsflug | KLM | Lufthansa | Mahan Air | Monarch Scheduled | MyTravel
Airways | MyTravelLite | Pakistan International Airlines | Ryanair | SAS |
Skyways | SN Brussels Airlines | Swiss | Thomas Cook Airlines | Turkmenistan |
Uzbekistan | Volar.
Car Parking - There is short and long-term car
parking at the airport.
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 workstations 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.
Getting There and Local Travel Connections - getting
there by road is simple... 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. . . The main train connections are as follows:
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.. To
reach the airport by taxi Based between T1 and T2 at the rank outside the
Millennium Link Building, each taxi carries maximum of five people with
luggage.. To use either bus or coach to get there 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.
Airport Contact Details - the website address is
http://www.bhx.co.uk and you can call them on ((0)870 733 5511). - Birmingham
International Airport Ltd, UK. The address of the airport is , Birmingham,
West Midlands, B26 3QJ. The airport codes are ICAO Code:EGBB and the IATA
Code:BHX
Guide to Birmingham International Airport