<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Birmingham Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Construction and opening:</strong> In 1928, Birmingham City Council decided that the city required a municipal airport thus soon thereafter a committee was established to work towards establishing such a facility. By 1931, several locations, including Shirley, Elmdon and Aldridge, were reportedly under consideration as potential sites. While Elmdon was considered to be an impressive and appropriate site for the airport, further progress was delayed due to spending cutbacks that had been initiated as a consequence of the Great Depression by 1933, the project was revived and a new airport committee was formed during the following year to oversee the airport's establishment. Prior to any major construction decisions being taken, members of the committee visited various successful airports around Europe in 1935, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Lyon, Paris, Brussels and London.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Second World War: </strong>During the Second World War, Elmdon Airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry and was used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy as RAF Elmdon. It was largely operated as an Elementary Flying School and a base for the Fleet Air Armpits was during this era that the original grass airstrip was replaced by two hard runways: 06/24 at 2,469 feet (753 m) and 15/33 at 4,170 feet (1,271 m). Large numbers of Avro Lancaster and Stirling bombers were manufactured at the Austin Aero Company's shadow factory at Cofton Hackett.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>1950 to 1980: </strong>During the post-war years, a number of public events, such as air fairs and air races, were held on the site. In 1949, scheduled services began with British European Airways (BEA) launching routes to Paris; the number of flights to the continent steadily grew over the years, including services to Zurich, D&uuml;sseldorf, Palma, Amsterdam and Barcelona commencing between 1955 and 1960. During 1960, the City of Birmingham resumed responsibility for the airport's operation again, ending central government control.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Facilities Birmingham Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Birmingham Airport's current terminal complex combines the two old terminals via the Millennium Link in to one large terminal, with gates 1&ndash;20 in the old Terminal 2, and all other gates in the old Terminal 1.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Terminal 1 was opened on 3 April 1984, seventeen years after the original plans to construct a new terminal to ease congestion in the original Elmdon Terminal (Grade II listed since August 2018 and used for private and official flights). Since then, T1 has been extended multiple times to accommodate the increase in both passenger numbers and aircraft movements.</p>
<p class="blog-para">All check in desks and arrivals are on the ground floor. The central security area, along with airside shops and restaurants are located on the first floor.</p>
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