BHX last live when passengers issued a travel alert

A BirminghamLive reader who flew from BHX twice in one week had both a good and a bad experience. Passenger Michael Milton flew from the airport last Thursday morning and told us it took him one hour and 45 minutes to get through security.

However, his experience flying from BHX to Copenhagen on Sunday was much smoother. He said, “I got through security in two minutes!”

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Lucky passenger Carl Stokes said he went “straight through” security this morning and had “no queues at all”.

Carl had arrived at the airport three hours earlier – in accordance with the airline’s advice.

Birmingham Airport has explained what happened after a meet-and-greet parking service abruptly ceased operations last month. Independent airport parking provider Blue Circle Parking stopped collecting and delivering BHX customers’ cars on May 20 after it “suspended operations”.

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Fed up passengers yesterday branded Birmingham Airport a “disgrace” and “extremely awful” after reportedly queuing for more than two hours to get through security.

Some claimed they missed or almost missed their flights due to the long wait times.

It appears that queues have shrunk more quickly these days, although passengers still waited outside the terminal building before reaching security.

Passenger Leon Evans, who shared a photo of the queue outside Birmingham Airport, warned passengers this morning to allow “plenty of time”.

He said: “The staff are friendly and do their best, but it is a challenge!”

A passenger asked BHX this morning when it would reopen the escalators for access to the upper floor.

He added: “Using lifts only on the top floor is a ‘bottleneck’ and was not a good decision.”

He, like many others, wants to know if the escalators leading to security will return.

Well, we have the answer here: Birmingham Airport has confirmed the fate of escalators as construction work draws to a close

A passenger today branded BHX “a complete joke”.

Taking to social media, the holidaymaker said: “6am and queues around the airport and into the streets. Give this airport a miss, they’ve got it all wrong.”

Someone who dropped off a traveler at BHX this morning reported difficulty finding parking, even in the premium drop-off area.

Bryn called it a “mess” and said: “Not a single parking space to drop passengers off at the premium drop-off car park this morning. If only they had the same system as Heathrow and Gatwick.”

In addition to some confusion over the changes to the 100ml hand baggage rules, many passengers have reported difficulty even getting through security as ongoing construction work at the airport has changed the normal queuing process.

BHX has said: “Our construction work on the new security zone is still ongoing. This means that the security queue is mainly downstairs.

“Please note that all passengers arriving by train must go to the ground floor to queue for safety.”

This change is reportedly part of the reason for the delays. A passenger said yesterday: “This morning there were queues to get from the monorail arrival to the lift. At one point, monorail newcomers had difficulty getting off the monorail due to the queue.

“You then joined another line outside the airport to go back to the same level, in the same elevator, all BEFORE you got to the security queue.”

Despite plans to relax restrictions on the 100ml liquid rule for carry-on baggage due to improvements in security technology, the inability to implement these improvements at every airport led to the government changing its guidance at the last minute, delaying the change just over a undone a week ago.

You may only take 100 ml containers in your hand luggage. BHX explicitly states the rules on its website:

• Only liquids, pastes and gels in it containers up to 100ml can be transported in hand luggage; anything larger must be carried in checked baggage.
• No liquids above this size.
• Everything above 100 ml is removed and destroyed.
• There is no limit on the number of containers less than 100 ml that can be worn.
• Containers that can hold more than 100 mlsuch as insulated bottles, are allowed, but must be completely empty.
• Do not put your liquids, pastes and gels in plastic bags (leave these in your hand luggage).
• Do not take them out of your carry-on luggage when you are in the security screening area.
• Leave all electrical appliances in your hand luggage during the security screening.
• If you go through security, please make sure all items are out of the bags including phones, keys, coins and tissues etc. Watches can be left on.