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npower installs solar power at Birmingham Airport - WebWire

npower will help Birmingham Airport to save 22 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year with the installation of 200 solar panels on the roof of its terminal. The 1.6m x 1m panels will generate 40,000 kWh a year; sufficient to power 12 average sized houses. More...

Industrial action possible at Birmingham Airport as pay talks break down - Birmingham Post.net

The threat of industrial action at Birmingham Airport looms after staff pay talks collapsed following a three-year salary freeze. Negotiations with Unite union officials broke up without agreement after management refused to offer any hope of an increase. More...

Airport re-opens after snowfall - BBC News

Birmingham Airport has re-opened after heavy snow caused disruption across the West Midlands which remains on yellow alert for severe icy weather. A spokeswoman for the airport said six flights were cancelled with a further 11 diverted to other airports on Saturday. More...

Can Birmingham Airport really be a better alternative than expansion of the London airports? - Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)

For several years now Birmingham Airport, which has just been voted the best large gateway in the UK in a consumer survey, has been promoting the concept of becoming an alternative London airport. Such a notion has become a tad more realistic since it ... More...

Passenger count at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth airport drop in December, all of 2011 - Everything Alabama Blog

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport said today that passenger traffic at Alabama's largest airport fell in both December and for the full year compared to 2010. The airport said it handled 240,974 travelers ... More...

West Midlands MP in call to expand Birmingham Airport - Coventry Telegraph.net

MINISTERS should reject plans for a new “Boris Island” airport in the Thames and let Birmingham Airport expand instead, a Midlands MP insisted. Lorely Burt (Lib Dem, Solihull) criticised proposals for a new airport in the Thames Estuary to cope with ... More...

Regional airports offer spare capacity, say operators - Out-Law

Transport Secretary Justine Greening met with Birmingham Airport officials, who requested that regional airports be more recognised for their ability to ease overcrowding in the south east of England, which is nearing capacity, according to a Financial Times report. More...

Ghetto IFE - BMI Baby saved? Possibly… - USA Today

The sale will consist everything that BMI Baby has – Plane’s staff, the works. The new owner is planning to retain the bases at Birmingham Airport, East Midlands Airport and Belfast (it is) “pleased with the opportunity that this transaction gives to ... More...

Al Qaeda planner had ties to UK extremists - CNN

Arshad shaved his beard, and a member of the group drove him to Birmingham airport, where he caught a plane to Iran the next day. Rahman paid for the flight. British authorities believe Arshad has now joined militants in Pakistan. Later ... More...

Ryanair opens 5 new Budapest routes to Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Dublin and London - TravelDailyNews.com

Ryanair announced it would open 5 new routes from Budapest to Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Dublin and London (Stansted) from March 2012 which will deliver 200,000 passengers p.a. and create up to 200 local jobs at Budapest Airport. In Budapest ... More...

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