Birmingham Airport has called for greater UK flight links outside of London, in order to support the country’s economy and transport capability.

Birmingham has highlighted how London is currently the focus of the majority of UK flight links, and that this disproportionate focus on the capital compared to the rest of the country, limits economic activity outside of London.

The call for increased flight link comes as Birmingham airport launches a public campaign for increased long-haul airports outside of London.

Airport chief executive, Paul Kehoe, said: “a surprisingly high proportion of the country's potential demand for business air travel comes from Birmingham airport's catchment area. But rather than flying from their local airport, we have ended up with an illogical situation where these businesses have to slog down the M1 or M40 to get to Heathrow”.

The public campaign comes as Birmingham airport prepares for a report from Sir Howard Davies’ commission into aviation capacity in June 2015, which will look at the UK’s future expansion of airports and flight link capability.

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