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Birmingham Airport installs 200 solar panels on terminal roof - Birmingham Post.net

BIRMINGHAM Airport has installed 200 solar panels to its terminal roof in a bid to save 22 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. The panels, which were fitted in December, will generate 40,000 kWh of energy a year, which would power 12 average-sized homes. 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...

Airports press to boost capacity - Financial Times

The transport secretary this week met Birmingham airport officials who asked that she use a report next month on aviation policy formally to recognise the role that Birmingham and other regional facilities can play in easing crowding in the capacity-constr ... 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...

Leigh Van Bryan, Emily Bunting: Tourists Arrested in L.A. on Terror Charges over Twitter Joke - Int'l Business Times

Leigh, an Irish national living in Britain, and Emily arrived at Birmingham Airport last Wednesday afternoon. Bunting was angered (and confused) by the situation. "The officials told us we were not allowed in to the country because of Leigh's tweet. More...

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