Long-awaited direct flights from the city to India have brought in 50,000 passengers in six months since it was launched at Birmingham Airport.
Airport bosses fought for five years to return Air India flights after they were stopped from the city in 2008, and have been repleased by the response, with four in five seats sold.
To celebrate its success in the first six months, leaders of the local Sikh community presented Birmingham Airport with a commemorative plaque to thank the team for launching the flights last year and reconnecting Birmingham with Delhi and Amritsar, an important spiritual centre for the Sikh faith.
The airport’s aviation development director William Pearson said: “The Midlands has the second largest Asian community in the UK, so it’s no surprise that the airline has carried its first 50,000 passengers and experienced over 80 per cent load factors on the route since launching last August.”
20/02/14 Graeme Brown/Birmingham Post
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Airport bosses fought for five years to return Air India flights after they were stopped from the city in 2008, and have been repleased by the response, with four in five seats sold.
To celebrate its success in the first six months, leaders of the local Sikh community presented Birmingham Airport with a commemorative plaque to thank the team for launching the flights last year and reconnecting Birmingham with Delhi and Amritsar, an important spiritual centre for the Sikh faith.
The airport’s aviation development director William Pearson said: “The Midlands has the second largest Asian community in the UK, so it’s no surprise that the airline has carried its first 50,000 passengers and experienced over 80 per cent load factors on the route since launching last August.”
20/02/14 Graeme Brown/Birmingham Post
