Birmingham Airport Anmeldelser 98

This has truly got to be the worst airport in the UK that I've had the misfortune to fly from! The security was simply chaotic despite arriving 3 hours before flying. What was sad, as I queued for over 2 1/2 hours, was the thought of many people missing their flights. The airport security staff, that should have been knowledgeable, were not which added to everyone's frustration. My suggestion to improve would be to visit other airports, such as Edinburgh, and see how they do it as Birmingham simply cannot. On our return, we passed the same queues and can only sympathise, from queuing to get the lifts up to departure (absolutely no system - random if you are even moved forwards) to going through security itself to scan carry on luggage. I just hope your customers make it to their flights on time!

Absolutely disgusting the way the staff talk to passengers.

Absolute shambles of an airport. 8 security machines and only 3 staffed. Tens of thousands of people queuing for 2 hours. Staff unhelpful. First and last time at this airport - clearly managed by people who simply do not care about the customer experience. It’s not as if a Friday before a bank holiday comes as a surprise - and surely you must know how many people are booked on a flight. When we finally got to the security machine the ‘assistant’ said ‘you’re going to miss your flight’. Well thanks a lot. So helpful. Thankfully we didn’t, but not thanks to BHX.

I fly a lot, I use to use manchester airport but my last 3 visits have being dreadful for many reasons. I wanted to swap!

I tried birmingham and it will now be my go to aiport, everything was super. no problems at all. It was a super experiences, staff where very helpful and even gave me help....

I am very impressed with birmingham airport and if like me you can choose, choose birmingham!

7/4/26 I flew with sunExpress to Antalya…but there was an issue that day as a fire was found on another aircraft which caused delays at the airport. This meant, My flight was late taking off. We boarded approx 1900. All passengers boarded and sat waiting in the aeroplane on the tarmac, but nothing happened. Some pax were getting annoyed as there was no information about what was going on.
After approx another hour or so we were told the plane would have to divert to another city as crew hours were over their allotted time to fly, by 15 minutes. This meant waiting for a flight to Antalya from a city in Türkiye. This caused annoyance to some passengers who wanted to get off and rebook with another airline.. There were no coaches to take us to the airport gate/terminal so we were waiting until 2200 not knowing what was going on. Then we were told our luggage was unable to be sent to baggage claim as the airport didn’t have a contract (for maintenance services to get the luggage from the hold and place them on the baggage carousel) with sunexpress…by 23:30 - 12 midnight after the ground staff made many calls to find out what was going on - our bags arrived on the carousel.it was now 12:15 midnight… We were given a hotel room in ibis for the night. We arrived there 100 or so passengers being checked in. I was eventually booked in by 1 am.
The situation was badly handled by the higher management at BHX but the ground crew were amazing. They stayed with us to make sure we were safe and had accommodation, baggage etc from the time they should have gone home ( 1730 approx) but they left at 1230-1 am 8/4/26. Without their help, all of the passengers including me, would have been stranded in the airport maybe even the aeroplane as the pilot was useless with his communication.it didn’t exist it was the ground crew and cabin crew who told us what was happening. Apparently it was mentioned how this pilot caused a delay on purpose because of some perceived issue with the airport. He was not professional, he did not speak or communicate with passengers at all. He left the ground crew and cabin crew to deal with everything. He walked passed us at the airport with an arrogant grin on his face. The 1st officer appeared to be indifferent. The pilots didn’t acknowledge us or communicate with us the next morning onboard either. The cabin crew were good and caring about passenger welfare throughout.
But mangers at Birmingham airport? Poor. No support for their ground crew or customers.
(As a side note to management - even visiting Birmingham airport is depressing. Not enough toilets, which are blocked most of the time or unavailable- to the depressing looking 1970’s style of building with unhappy (no doubt very under paid) staff. It’s a shame that people from abroad have to come to this poorly styled shambles of a building with rude security staff too. Some security staff need manners and some behave badly towards passengers like they enjoy their bit of powe, by being sharp with how thry speak, inconsistent - shoes/ no shoes to some people not others…just slightly aggressive and curt for no good reason.)
I doubt anything will be done to improve things as managers in any service sector rarely answer or act upon customer comments. I just hope thry can at least praise their ground staff on my behalf.
I can say the airport managers were very unhelpful to the ground crew that night of 7/4/26. It was their sunExpress ground crew who saved the day. Bless them, they said how they “didn't want to leave passengers stranded” - that’s why they stayed.
Then we had to check in for 0630 am to fly for 10 am to Antalya. The staff who looked after us the night before were there - ready to check us in. Can the managers please thank them? Thanks isn’t enough, they all should be given overtime or some vouchers or promoted for excellent customer service- I mean excellent and caring to families with children, disabled customers, and those who were sick on board as it was hot onboard.
Well done SunExpress ground crew 7th-8th April 2026. You are a credit to the airport and I hope the CEO acknowledges your dedication to passengers. 🙏🏻

Returned from Montenegro on Thursday 16/4. Landed at 2.20pm, picked up from aeroplane on the bus, held on there for 10 minutes. When we got to customs (UK border force) unbelievably only one member of staff, hundreds of people waiting. I felt embarrassed to be English…. Even airport staff were ashamed, an utter disgrace. Not the first time for such an awful service. Eventually picked bags up 90 minutes after landing, shamefully slow.

T1 Gate 8 has now moved from the bottom of the ramp leading from the departure lounge to a prefabricated building situated on the tarmac.
You have to use the old steel staircase to the tarmac to access the new building. Not good if its raining or icy. Plus the fact there are no seats or toilets.

Airport links now are fab
Security on Monday feb 9th at 7am very good lines moving all the time bags arriving quickly.
BUT
The toilets by the language claim belts 4 we’re disgusting
Having been to Mexico ware every hotel facility were spotless. I couldn’t believe my own country could be so dirty- no toilet paper dryer dident work door dident lock
It was obvious the floor hadn’t been mopped in hours.
What a shameful nation we are becoming.

I traveled on New Years eve on the Jet2 flight to Cyprus. This was my first experience of this service and, I had a number of concerns about the service.

However, these concerns disappeared as soon as I made contact with the Assistance Desk. The staff were especially helpful since I told them that it was my first time. During the journey to the gate the guy kept me fully informed about what was happening and, we went directly to the front of every queue, I was amazed.
All the staff that I met were pleasant and helpful, a joy to deal with. The experience removed all my concerns about traveling with a disability. Well done to the team at Birmingham Airport.

It took over an hour to check our suitcases in. 3 desks open, not enough, then one desk closed whilst there were still many people queuing to check their bags in. As security is usually quite slow this meant that some travellers were definitely going to be pushed for time to make it to the gate on time. The airport needs to do better, always awful and stressful flying from Birmingham. But the man in security was very friendly and helpful.

The staff in security are either untrained or uncaring. Only 2 lanes open and all priority and assisted yravel people being shepherded through just one of those 2 lines. This meant that ordinary folks queueing in that one hardly moved for an hour, the line always being fed by the prioroty people and the poor bods queueing held back and only one person a minute being let through.
Sort it our fools. You must have organised this type of thing before.

Our flight with Jet2 from BHX was delayed for hours then cancelled on the 11/12 sat in the departure lounge with no help or information given from jet 2 however the SA staff were fantastic stayed with customers through the delay and couldn't do enough for them .Jet 2 need to catch up on the excellent customer service given by the airport staff .

I am disabled and gradually getting worse. I travel regularly to Guernsey and the service I receive has always been good. Yesterday I travelled and the assisted travel service was excellent. Everyone I met was kind, caring and helpful. In fact the whole journey felt like you were being treated like a VIP . Thank you Birmingham Airport and especially your assisted travel service personnel. Thank you.

My spouse purchased an express lane ticket for me, and I already had one! Unfortunately it is not permitted to cancel and get a refund of the ticket for £6.00. The Express Lane ticket details in paragraph 3 state: 'Changes or cancellations can only be made to your booking if more than 2 hours before the booked time of entry. This implies that cancellations are possible! I am travelling in December, so more than 2 hours notice!

We were travelling with two children with autism and had the sunflower lanyards to help them through the security check which prompted anxiety. One thing to note - at Birmingham Airport you need to register their lanyards as you arrive at the terminal at the Assistance desk, they issue you with a circular red pass to verify them to airport staff. We spotted this on the website and would not have been aware otherwise.
The staff , especially security were very patient and understanding of the children especially with the new standing scanning process which took a little while for them to master 🙂
On returning to the UK we followed the sunflower signs , only to find the route taped across and no obvious other route . We followed two Tui cabin crew as they removed the tape, only to receive an impolite shouting at by one of the Tui stewardesses … luckily a member of the Birmingham airport ground staff came to our rescue and politely guided us through, explaining that they had inadvertently not removed the tape after a large flight had landed.
Although the airport is still undergoing a significant update and some areas are still being built the airport staff and security personnel were excellent and made the most stressful part of the journey much easier . Thank you.
As for flying with Tui - as part of the arduous announcements they make on the flight advising passengers how to behave they include treating their staff with respect …. I suggest that this particular stewardess has some retraining to also respect passengers who fly with them .

I live in Birmingham and I avoid using the airport at all costs. Not only is the car parking laughable pretty much all year round but it was just not built with people in mind. Queues everywhere even for the simplest things. Thankfully whenever I've had to use the airport the planes normally aren't delayed so there's that going for it but. It's just a mess always stressful with and without the kids. I went to France last month and was relaxed for about 5 mins of my entire wait time. I was there in total for 4 hours.

Pros:
- Fairly quick through security.
- No need to remove most items from baggage through security.
- Able to take 2L of liquids per person.
- Plenty of shops, cafes, and restaurants.
- No delays to flights with on-time push-back.

Cons:
- Run down appearance in places.

Awful experience left sitting in wheel chair till 3pm Crete flight jet 2 . Special assistance arranged harrowing . No communication . Team leader organising the times we are busy tough basically . When I finally insisted going down as past 3pm anxiety risen . Finally took me over where I had to walk up steps with help . No communication . Flight delayed no one said ! Greece marvellous airport treated with respect

Disorderly chaos.

BHX is one of the worst airports I have ever experienced based on my experiences during the ongoing construction work. Horrendously long waits through security, there are even long waits in the priority security lane.
The facilities are what you expect at an airport in the UK. A tip is to buy a meal deal at Boots as that offers good value for money.

I only fly out of here to avoid the long drive down to LHR and there are good connections with Lufthansa from BHX.