Birmingham Airport has become the first in the UK to install Amazon Lockers on site.

These facilities are growing in number across the UK and deliveries made to them have more than doubled in the past year as a result of the flexibility and convenience they provide.

Amazon customers choose a locker location when they get to the checkout and are issued with a unique pick-up code that allows them to access their goods. 

At Birmingham airport, the lockers will be situated prior to security in the airport's south-check-in hall near to arrivals and will be available for use 24 hours a day.

Birmingham Airport's head of commercial Richard Gill described the arrival of the new facilities as "great news for people passing through the airport".

"We're sure these lockers will prove to be tremendously popular and strengthen our commitment to providing excellent customer facilities," he added.