Birmingham celebrates

BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT had a lot to celebrate last week.  Not only was it 70 years old but a new three-storey international £45m pier was opened, the airport’s single largest investment in the last 20 years.  Emirates unveiled its new executive lounge, a clear indication that it is in Birmingham to stay.  To celebrate the occasion the Dubai-based airline changed the normal Boeing 777 operation to the mighty Airbus A380, the largest aircraft ever to fly into the airport.  Not to be outdone Air Atlantique Classic Flight brought in a DH Dragon Rapide, reminiscent of the ‘planes that used the then Elmdon Airport in the period just before WWII broke out. www.bhx.co.uk

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