Birmingham Airport has completed its new £1 million (€1.3m) purpose-built transit facility, increasing the speed and efficiency with which passengers can navigate the terminal.
The new facility transforms the airport’s ability to cater for long-haul services, as arriving passengers travelling onwards on a connecting flight can now remain airside, without having to pass through immigration or be processed through security again.
Birmingham Airport’s new transit facility means arriving passengers travelling onwards on a connecting flight can now remain airside, without having to pass through immigration or be processed through security again.
“The completion of our new passenger transit facility is another string to our bow in terms of what we can offer passengers and airlines focused on long-haul travel,” explained Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport’s CEO. “This valuable piece of infrastructure enables us to transfer passengers travelling between destinations, allowing them extra time to relax and enjoy the excellent facilities we have available in the departure lounge.”
The transit facility is the latest addition to the airport’s impressive list of new infrastructure projects, following completion of a new primary radar tower, a state-of-the-art air traffic control tower, and a newly extended runway.
This latest development comes as the airport celebrates its busiest-ever month, with throughput exceeding one million passengers in August.
“Over the past five months, we’ve achieved consecutive growth and seen records smashed, including our long-haul traffic,” Kehoe added. “This demonstrates the strong demand that exists for passengers who want to fly further afield on long-haul services, or those who are looking for other options to connect within the UK. The arrival of this new facility means we are ideally placed to deliver this demand.”
