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Birmingham International Airport handled over 9.1 million passengers in 2009.

Birmingham currently serves 143 direct schedule and charter routes and offers an additional 279 possible connections worldwide. This gives passengers a choice of more than 400 direct or one-stop flights.

Some 7,025,369 people used scheduled flights in 2009, 77.1% of the total figure. The top three scheduled destinations were Dublin, Dubai and Amsterdam. A number of destinations saw growth during 2009. These included Istanbul, Pisa, Gerona, Krakow and Hanover.

At the Business Travel World Magazine awards, Birmingham International Airport has been voted Best UK Business Airport in 2003 - the fifth time in nine years.

The airport is the second largest UK airport outside London, the third largest for charter traffic and the UK's fifth largest overall.

Second to London Heathrow Airport, Birmingham International Airport has the largest proportion of business travellers than any other UK airport.

In May 2003, Birmingham International Airport was rated 20th for overall passenger convenience in the leading survey of the world's best airports. The airport was the only one in the UK to be listed in the analysis of passenger satisfaction at 51 major airports world-wide by the International Air Transport Association.

The airport’s £260 million expansion programme is underway, which includes the now complete £7 million Multi-Modal Interchange at Birmingham International Station, and incorporates the new £11 million SkyRail "people mover", the first of its kind to be installed in Europe, opened in March 2003.

Currently underway at the airport is the £45 million International Pier, a state-of-the-art extension to Terminal One. It will replace the current out-dated facility and is the single biggest investment that the Airport has made in over 20 years.

*summer 2008 timetable, including charter and scheduled services.

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