The airport in Birmingham is located 10 km from the centre of the city, on its southeast side. BHX and EGBB are the IACA and ICAO codes. Operated by Birmingham International Airport Ltd, this is only two minutes from the free Air-Rail Link. M1, M5, M6, and M40 are directly linked to Junction 6 of M42; this is 1.5 km from the airport. This airport opened in 1939 and saw an accident of a business jet that resulted in the death of all 5 onboard, including the pilots. In 2006, a TNT cargo had to make an emergency landing. Emirates, Lufthansa, Cyprus Airways, Air Malta, and US Airways are some of the popular airlines that use this airport having 2 terminals.

It handled more than 9 million passengers in 2007. Work has begun on the construction of an international pier to accommodate Airbus A350, Boeing 787 and other such bigger aircrafts. There are large scales plans to develop this airport further in time for the 2012 London Olympics.

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