Birmingham Airport extension

Work has begun on the construction of a massive £45 million state-of-the-art extension to Terminal One at Birmingham Airport. The new pier will replace the outdated facility constructed in 1984 and is the single biggest investment that the airport has made in more than 20 years.

The new International Pier will be a three-storey building 240m long and 24m wide. Departing passengers will be accommodated on the top level, with arriving passengers on the middle level and office accommodation for airline and handling agents on the ground floor.

The new facility will provide air-bridged aircraft parking for seven wide-bodied aircraft and enough space to service 13 smaller aircraft at any time. It will also provide vertical segregation to separate inbound and outbound passengers, in line with national security requirements. New gate lounges for passengers will also be created.

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Shortest queues at Gatwick

Passengers have rated Gatwick Airport as the best out of the busiest 10 airports in Europe for waiting times at security. This result is part of the largest and most reputable survey of passengers in the world, which carried out every quarter by the global trade body Airports Council International (ACI).

ACI's passenger survey is translated into a number of different languages to enable feedback from around the world. Passengers are asked to score airports in 35 different categories, in a range of different service factors. Gatwick benchmarks its operations against the 10 busiest airports in Europe – Schiphol in Amsterdam, Paris Charles De Gaulle and Paris Orly, Copenhagen, Madrid, Rome, Frankfurt, Manchester, and Heathrow.

Ryanair add East Midlands Airport – Malaga flights

Ryanair has launched a new service to Malaga from East Midlands Airport . The route was launched on Monday and will operate twice a week.

Seats are currently available from £10 each way, including taxes and charges. Ryanair operates up to 35 flights a week from its East Midlands base.