Coventry Airport started budget flights in March

Warwick District Council will meet on Saturday to discuss proposals to build a new passenger terminal at Coventry.

But Birmingham Chamber of Commerce says a decision should only be made after the larger West Midlands airport's plans are finalised in a year's time.

It is worried that a "Spaghetti Junction" of airspace could be created in the region.

Critical point

The chamber's head of policy, Jerry Blackett, claims that if Coventry's proposals are approved, it could turn out to be the wrong decision in the long term.

He said: "Birmingham needs at least a year to complete the planning process.

"At the end of that we'll know how much airspace there is for Birmingham and Coventry.

"We'll be sure we can deliver Birmingham as the region's international airport and that's the absolutely critical point."

Coventry started running budget flights at the end of March and Thomsonfly says the facility at Bagington will serve more European destinations from November.

The low-cost operator will offer flights to Amsterdam, Alicante in Spain, the skiing areas of Salzburg and Grenoble, as well as two new Irish destinations of Shannon and Cork.