BREAKING NEWS Holidaymakers at Birmingham Airport faced with hellish queues on Bank Holiday stretching outside the building weeks after security hall update By Mark Duell Published: 03:51 EDT, 27 May 2024 | Updated: 04:11 EDT, 27 May 2024 e-mail 10 shares View comments Thousands of Britons have been stuck in queues for hours at Birmingham Airport amid 'shambolic' and 'terrible' scenes as families fly away on half-term holidays. Passengers reported having to wait for more than an hour, with some reported to have been pulled out of the line because the gate for their flight was closing. It comes after airport officials insisted travellers would experience a 'simpler and streamlined experience' after it rolled out new security checkpoints yesterday.
The new search area uses screening machines that mean passengers no longer need to remove liquids that are up to 100ml in size from their hand luggage or have them in separate liquid bags. Electrical items can now also stay in hand luggage. Bosses expect 221,500 customers to travel out of Birmingham Airport over the nine-day period from May 24 until June 2, which is 15 per cent up on the same period last year.
The top destinations are Palma, Dublin, Amsterdam, Dubai and Antalya. The airport previously insisted it had 'fully resourced' their teams with 'additional colleagues from across the business' to help passengers get through the terminal. Read More BREAKING NEWS Passengers on Qatar Airways flight to Dublin hit by extreme turbule.