1. HS2 – More than an
interchange
Presentation to MADE
5th September 2013

2. Birmingham Airport makes a valuable contribution to the local,
regional and national economy
• 14,250 jobs – total employment
impact of Birmingham Airport in West
Midlands
• £713 million – total GDP impact of
Birmingham Airport in West Midlands
• 156 airlines –flying 143 direct routes
and 279 one-stop destinations
• £418,000 – Invested in community
projects last year

3. Our runway extension will be complete in 2014, delivering valuable
capacity and long-haul connectivity for the UK
• Spring 2014 – Birmingham Airport’s
full length runway becomes operational
• 8.9 million passengers - used the
Airport in 2012
• 18 million passengers – maximum
short-term capacity (within 3 years)
• 36 million passengers – maximum
capacity of new runway (within 10
years)
• 27 million passengers – amount of
capacity with long-haul capability
Birmingham Airport can add to the UK
aviation network from 2014
• Passengers will be able to fly direct to
key business and leisure destinations
including: Los Angeles, Vancouver,
Johannesburg, Singapore, Hong Kong,
Shanghai, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro

4. Runway extension today

5. HS2 Birmingham Interchange
• 1.25 miles from the Airport
• High speed people mover- connecting the station with the Airport in 5-7minutes

6. Birmingham Airport is Britain’s most accessible airport
• Best two hour catchment - 35 million people
live within 2 hours of Birmingham Airport
• Midlands, mid-Wales and the South West –
areas for which Birmingham Airport is most
accessible airport
• Best one hour
catchment - 15.1
million people will live
within 1h with HS2
• 18.7 million people –
for whom Birmingham
is the most convenient
long-haul airport
• 45 million people - will
live within two hours of
Birmingham Airport
High-speed 2 is a game changer
Source: Capital Economics’ analysis of Steer Davies Gleave data

7. Improving choice for the passenger and helping prevent the South
East and North West from becoming overheated
Source: Capital Economics’ analysis of Steer Davies Gleave data
Birmingham can take the pressure off
Heathrow
• 3 million long-haul passengers – travel from
Birmingham Airport’s catchment to use
Heathrow each year
• 7.5 million people - who use Heathrow can
reach Birmingham Airport in under two hours.
• HS2 - will dramatically increase competition
for passengers across the overlapping
catchments

8. Birmingham Airport Long Term Vision

9. Summary
HS2 – More than an interchange:
• An aid to connecting the greater Midlands region into global
wealth
• Helping to rebalance the UK economy
• Creating a transport hub for the centre of the UK – and beyond
• Making Birmingham Airport the most accessible Airport in the
UK