The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham Airport

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

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

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

Inaugural flight left today from Birmingham to Belfast

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

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

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

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

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