Airport widens horizons as it backs city exporters

BIRMINGHAM Airport has announced its sponsorship of the Export Award at this year’s Birmingham Post Business Awards as it celebrates more than 30 months’ record-breaking growth.

In 2017 the airport recorded an impressive 11.5 per cent increase in passengers – with 13 million now coming through its doors each year.

The airport has more than 150 direct scheduled and charter routes, offering 350 possible connections worldwide, so it is highly appropriate for it to celebrate the high-flying success of Birmingham businesses trading overseas.

The Export Award, which honours a business, is one of 15 gongs up for grabs at the Post’s black tie ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham city centre on November 1. Entries are now closed and judges are currently selecting the winners.

Representatives from the airport will announce the Export award winners, with the category showcasing the winning business’s substantial and sustained increases in export activity.

Simon Richards, Birmingham Airport’s acting managing director, said: “We serve hundreds of thousands of air travellers from the Birmingham area every year and enable businesses to export globally, so this category was a perfect fit for us at Birmingham Airport.

“We are also one largest employers.”

Birmingham Airport is looking to further its record-breaking growth with exciting plans for the future – and capitalising on Birmingham’s transformation into a worldclass city.

Mr Richards explained: “Looking forward, the airport is currently developing proposals for its long-term future and has created a Master Plan to ensure the region maximises the benefits of HS2.

“The airport aims to become a seamless transport hub for people travelling to, from and across the Midlands.” of the West Midlands’