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Disabled mum in tears after missing flight 'when airport staff failed to help her'

Sheila Cottrill, 87, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, arrived at Birmingham Airport three hours before her Ryanair flight which was to take her to see her son Jeremy who she has not seen due to the pandemic was due to leave

Daily Mirror

Disabled mum watches Ryanair flight leave without her after staff 'abandon her at gate'

Sheila Cottrill was due to fly out to see her son in Spain for the first time since the pandemic, but missed her flight because there weren't enough 'Ambulift' drivers to help her board

Daily Mirror

Airport queue chaos will continue for weeks, says boss

Birmingham Airport chief executive Nick Barton blamed a 12-week "lag" between recruiting new employees and making them operational for delays

Wales Online

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Mum furious after 'airport holidaymaker' leaves car on driveway for five days

Debbie Flynn's home is just five miles from Birmingham Airport and she reckons her driveway has been sold to a holidaymaker through a fraudulent parking app

Daily Mirror

Mum's anger as Birmingham Airport passenger leaves car on her driveway

'Police said there are parking apps used by scammers who advertise unsuspecting people's drives as parking spaces and charge the car owners a fee'

Nottingham Post

Birmingham Airport scenes as hundreds queue through security as they try to get away for Easter

A video taken inside the airport shows the scale of the issue

Nottingham Post

Travellers hit by long queues for planes and trains during Easter getaway

Passengers at Manchester and Birmingham airport shared pictures on social media of lines stretching far away from check-in desks.

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Flybe begins new service from Birmingham Airport

Inaugural flight left today from Birmingham to Belfast

Birmingham Post

TUI makes changes for anyone using Manchester and Birmingham airports

Manchester Airport is warning departing passengers to expect delays of up to 90 minutes

Liverpool Echo

Manchester, Heathrow, Gatwick and Birmingham Airport travel chaos updates

Delays and long queues have been blamed by airlines and airports on staff shortages and Covid-related sickness issues

Wales Online

Airport chaos at Manchester and Birmingham with huge queues and 'nightmare' plane delays

Passengers are Manchester and Birmingham airports are experiencing huge queues to get through security, long waits for some planes to leave and issues at the baggage carousel

Daily Mirror

Jet2 marks travel anniversary by giving VIP send-off to departing passengers

The airline and tour operator began operating from the London Stansted and Birmingham airports in 2017

Wales Online

Crime boss 'the Bomber' who ran drug empire from bulletproof mansion arrested at airport

Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh, 54, was arrested at Birmingham Airport when police swooped in and shut down his criminal network - he was a high-ranking member of the Kinahan organised crime group

Daily Mirror

Flybe unveils summer services from Birmingham Airport

Seven destinations will be served by almost 100 services at the programme's peak later this year

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Flybe unveils new senior leadership team ahead of spring launch

Budget airline which relocated its HQ to Birmingham Airport last year has appointed a group of experienced industry executives

Nottingham Post

TUI passengers left with 'nightmare' 20 hour delay back to Birmingham Airport caused by medical emergency

The airline said they did "everything it could"

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