East Midlands Airport

Coordinates: 52°49′52″N 001°19′40″W / 52.83111°N 1.32778°W / 52.83111; -1.32778
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East Midlands Airport
File:East-Midlands-Airport-logo.svg
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorMAG
Serves
LocationCastle Donington, Leicestershire, UK
Hub for
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL306 ft / 93 m
Coordinates52°49′52″N 001°19′40″W / 52.83111°N 1.32778°W / 52.83111; -1.32778
Websiteeastmidlandsairport.com
Map
EGNX is located in Leicestershire
EGNX
EGNX
Location in Leicestershire
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,893 9,491 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Passengers4,878,781
Passenger change 16-17Increase4.8%
Aircraft movements77,067
Movements change 16-17Increase4.6%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

East Midlands Airport (IATA: EMA, ICAO: EGNX) is an international airport in the East Midlands of England, located in Leicestershire close to Castle Donington. It lies between Loughborough (10 miles (16 km)) and the cities of Derby (12.5 miles (20 km)) and Nottingham (14 miles (23 km)) with the city of Leicester located at a distance of some (20 miles (32 km)) to the south.

EMA has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P520) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction. East Midlands Airport has established itself as a hub for low-fare airlines such as Jet2.com and Ryanair and tour operators like TUI Airways which serve a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations. It is also a base for BMI Regional, Flybe, and Thomas Cook Airlines. Passenger numbers peaked in 2008 at 5.6 million, but had declined to around 4.5 million in 2015 making it the 11th busiest airport in the UK by passenger traffic. A major air cargo hub, it was the second busiest UK airport for freight traffic in 2016 after London Heathrow.[2]

The airport is owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), the largest British-owned airport operator, which is controlled by the ten metropolitan borough councils of Greater Manchester, with Manchester City Council retaining the controlling stake.[3]

History

Britannia Airways Boeing 737 operating holiday charters in 1982

The airport was originally a Royal Air Force station, RAF Castle Donington, which was decommissioned in 1946. The site was purchased by a consortium of local government authorities in 1964, when a major programme of building work and runway investment was begun. The airfield was renamed East Midlands Airport to reflect the area it served, and it opened for passengers in April 1965.[4]

Until 1982, when the head office moved to Donington Hall,[5] British Midland had its head office on the airport property.[6] BMI also had its maintenance base at the airport.

Go Fly established a hub at East Midlands, and the operation has been strengthened since the airline's absorption by easyJet. The majority of BMI operations were ceded to a new low cost subsidiary, bmibaby, in 2002. [citation needed]

A major development towards the long-haul programme came in 2005 with the introduction of holiday flights to the Dominican Republic, Orlando, and Cancún by First Choice Airways.[citation needed] Following increasing overcrowding at the terminal building, the airport facilities have been extended and remodelled. There are new short-stay car parks, but there are charges for drop-off outside the terminals. The arrivals hall has been extended, a new transport interchange has been created, and a new pier has been built to reduce 'across tarmac' walking to aircraft.[citation needed]

EasyJet ceased operating from the airport on 5 January 2010.[7] However, it was announced on 13 April 2011 that Bmibaby would close its Manchester and Cardiff bases, moving an additional service to East Midlands Airport with increased frequencies and new routes for summer 2012 . It was announced only just over a year later, on 3 May 2012, that Bmibaby would be closed down and cease all operations in September 2012 with a number of services being dropped from June. The parent company, International Airlines Group, cited heavy losses and the failure to find a suitable buyer as the reasons for the decision.[8] In light of the announcement, Flybe and Monarch Airlines announced they would establish a base at the airport, and low-cost airline Jet2.com confirmed they would also expand their operations from the airport with new routes and an additional aircraft from Summer 2013. From 2015, the airport announced jet2.com will base a seventh aircraft at East Midlands airport in the summer period. Monarch Airlines shut down its base at East Midlands as well by spring 2015. [citation needed] Ryanair expanded its East Midlands base with a series of new routes and frequency increases on existing routes. They now serve the airport with 9 based aircraft, 41 destinations, over 320 weekly flights and roughly 2.3 million passengers a year [citation needed], making it the largest airline at the airport, accounting for about 50% of passenger traffic with East Midlands now being Ryanair's third largest UK airport after London–Stansted and Manchester, both now also owned by MAG.

In 2016 Heathrow handled 1.54 million tonnes of freight & mail compared with 300,100 tonnes at East Midlands.[2] DHL Aviation have a large purpose-built facility at EMA, and courier companies United Parcel Service (UPS) and TNT also use the airport as a base to import/export freight. Since July 2013, TUI Airways operates with their Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft out of East Midlands, serving the long haul holiday destinations of Sanford (Orlando) and Cancun.[9] There are also return flights to Jamaica and Barbados, operated once each year to join cruises and holidays.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from East Midlands Airport:[10]

AirlinesDestinations
Aurigny Guernsey
BH Air Seasonal: Burgas, Sofia[11]
Flybe Amsterdam, Belfast–City, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Jersey
flybmi Brussels
Jet2.com Alicante, Budapest, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Málaga, Prague, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Almeria, Antalya, Bodrum, Burgas (begins 7 May 2019), Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Girona, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Malta, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pisa, Reus, Rhodes, Salzburg, Split, Thessaloniki, Verona, Zakynthos
Ryanair Alicante, Bergamo, Berlin–Schönefeld, Budapest, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Knock, Kraków, Lanzarote, Limoges, Łódź, Malaga, Malta, Riga, Rome–Ciampino, Rzeszów, Seville, Tenerife–South, Treviso, Warsaw-Modlin, Wrocław
Seasonal: Barcelona, Bergerac, Carcassonne, Chania, Corfu, Dinard, Girona, Ibiza, Menorca, Murcia, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Reus, Rhodes, Valencia
Thomas Cook Airlines Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Burgas, Corfu, Dalaman, Hurghada, Ibiza, Larnaca, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Rhodes, Skiathos, Zakynthos
TUI Airways Alicante, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Lanzarote, Málaga, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Antalya, Burgas, Cancún, Corfu, Dalaman, Dubrovnik,[12] Enfidha (resumes 6 May 2019),[12] Faro, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Larnaca, Menorca, Naples, Orlando–Sanford, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Pula, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Santorini (begins 2 May 2019),[12] Skiathos, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos[12]
Seasonal charter: Chambéry, Salzburg[13]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines Belgium Belfast–International, Liège, Montpellier
ASL Airlines France Madrid,[14] Milan-Malpensa[15]
DHL Air UK Amsterdam, Belfast–International, Bergamo, Brussels, Cincinnati, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Leipzig/Halle, London–Heathrow, Madrid, New York–JFK, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Shannon, Vitoria
Etihad Cargo Columbus–Rickenbacker, Belgrade, Frankfurt–Hahn[16]
FedEx Express Liège, London–Stansted
Icelandair Cargo Liège, Reykjavík–Keflavík
Royal Mail Aberdeen, Belfast–International, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Exeter, Guernsey, Isle of man
RVL Aviation Dublin, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Isle of Man
Swiftair Milan-Malpensa
UPS Airlines Belfast–International, Cologne/Bonn, Edinburgh, Louisville, Philadelphia
West Air Sweden Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
West Atlantic UK Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–International, Edinburgh, Exeter, Jersey, Newcastle upon Tyne

Statistics

The air traffic control tower at East Midlands airport, located at the south of the airfield, next to the terminal.
The terminal buildings as they appear today.
The check-in hall at the airport.
Busiest routes to and from East Midlands (2016)[17]
Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Change
2015 / 16
1 Alicante 391,061 Increase 3.1%
2 Palma de Mallorca 340,103 Increase 4.0%
3 Málaga 308,964 Increase 12.3%
4 Tenerife–South 303,076 Increase 6.1%
5 Dublin 246,371 Increase 40.3%
6 Faro 243,715 Increase 3.5%
7 Lanzarote 195,955 Increase 0.4%
8 Belfast–City 144,312 Decrease 2.6%
9 Ibiza 116,890 Increase 15.6%
10 Fuerteventura 113,589 Increase 18.1%
11 Glasgow 109,538 Increase 15.4%
12 Gran Canaria 104,686 Increase 35.7%
13 Edinburgh 93,710 Decrease 1.7%
14 Barcelona 88,714 Increase 9.6%
15 Murcia 87,386 Decrease 5.5%
16 Wrocław 83,116 Increase 2.0%
17 Menorca 75,996 Decrease 3.9%
18 Knock 68,165 Decrease 3.8%
19 Paphos 67,560 Decrease 1.3%
20 Corfu 60,583 Increase 21.8%

Ground transport

Motorway

East Midlands Parkway railway station.

The airport has excellent connections [citation needed] to the motorway network as it is near the M1, M42 and A50, bringing the airfield within easy reach of the major population centres of the Midlands.

Drop-off fees

The airport introduced a charge of £1 to drop car passengers near the departure lounge in 2010. In May 2016, the charge was doubled to £2, with any stay in the area above ten minutes being charged at £1 per minute. Drivers needing longer, can stay free for one hour in the Long term carpark, which is a five-minute bus ride from the terminal. The short term parking is closer but charges £3.50 for 30 minutes.[18] [19]

Railway

There is no direct access to the rail network or the Nottingham tram network.[20]

The nearest railway station is East Midlands Parkway, which is 4 miles (6.4 km) away, with regular services to Leicester, Derby, Sheffield, Nottingham and London. The original shuttle bus service linking the station and the airport had ceased not long after it was introduced,[21] but in 2015 an hourly minibus service was re-introduced by Elite Cars, restoring scheduled shuttle services to and from the airport.[22] Connections to the airport via taxi are also available.

Although very much still in the initial stages of planning, a proposed route for the High Speed 2 rail line from London Euston to the north of England via Birmingham could bring the Leeds branch very close to East Midlands Airport with proposals for a station at Toton to serve the airport and the Nottingham and Derby catchment areas.[23]

Bus

There are frequent Skylink services operated by Kinchbus and Trent Barton. Kinchbus run buses from Leicester to Derby via Loughborough and Trent Barton operate a route from Nottingham to Loughborough via Beeston and Long Eaton. Both services operate every 20 minutes during the day and hourly throughout the night, seven days a week. Skylink Express,[24] also operated by Trent Barton, started operating on 31 January 2016. This service runs via the A453 road into Nottingham, serving the Clifton South Park & Ride tram stop, Nottingham Trent University and West Bridgford.[25][26]

East Midlands Aeropark

The Aeropark at East Midlands Airport

The East Midlands Aeropark to the north west corner of the airport has a large number of static aircraft on public display. The museum and its exhibits are managed and maintained by the Aeropark Volunteers Association (AVA). It also offers two viewing mounds for watching aircraft arriving and departing from the main runway. AVA Members are allowed free access to the Aeropark. Exhibits include:[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 20 February 1969, Vickers Viscount G-AODG of British Midland Airways was damaged beyond economic repair when it landed short of the runway. There were no casualties.[27]
  • On 31 January 1986, Aer Lingus Flight 328, a Short 360, en route from Dublin, struck power lines and crashed short of the runway. None of the 36 passengers and crew died but two passengers were injured in the accident.[28]
  • On 18 January 1987, a British Midland Fokker F27 Friendship, on a training flight, crashed on approach to East Midlands Airport due to wing and tail surface icing. There were no fatalities.[29]
  • On 8 January 1989, British Midland Flight BD092 crashed on approach to East Midlands Airport, killing 47 people. The Boeing 737 aircraft had developed a fan blade failure in one of the two engines while en route from London Heathrow to Belfast and a decision was made to divert to East Midlands. The crew mistakenly shut down the functioning engine, causing the aircraft to lose power and crash on the embankment of the M1 Motorway just short of the runway. No one on the ground was injured despite the aircraft crashing on the embankment of one of the busiest sections of motorway in the UK. The investigation into the Kegworth air disaster, as the incident became known, led to considerable improvements in aircraft safety and emergency instructions for passengers. The official report into the disaster made 31 safety recommendations.
  • On 29 October 2010, in the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot, British police searched a UPS plane at East Midlands Airport but found nothing.[30] Later that day, when a package was found on a plane in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, British officials searched again and found a bomb.[31][32] The two packages, found on two planes originating in Yemen, contained the powerful high explosive PETN. The U.K. and the U.S. determined that the plan was to detonate them while in flight. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took responsibility.[33]

References

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  4. ^ "Our History". East Midlands Airport. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ^ "the eighties Archived 10 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine." British Midland International. Retrieved on 28 December 2011.
  6. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 July 1980. 295. "Head Office: East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Derby, Great Britain. 37172."
  7. ^ "easyJet announces network redeployments". EasyJet. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 December 2009.
  8. ^ "BMI Baby to be grounded by BA owner IAG". BBC. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2016. BMI Baby has delivered high levels of operational performance and customer service, but has continued to struggle financially, losing more than £100m in the last four years,
  9. ^ "Thomson's first long haul 787 Dreamliner from East Midlands Airport takes flight". Thomson. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. East Midlands is now one of only four UK airports to currently operate the revolutionary Thomson 787 Dreamliner aircraft – along with London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow airports. Thomson Airways will fly the state-of-the-art aircraft from the East Midlands on long haul routes to Sanford, Florida and Cancun in Mexico. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  11. ^ http://www.balkanholidays.co.uk/flight_only/east-midlands-airport.html
  12. ^ a b c d "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Ski Holidays 2016/2017 - Get More Winter With Crystal Ski". Crystal Ski. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
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  17. ^ "Airport Data 2016". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 3 March 2017. Tables 12.1(XLS) and 12.2 (XLS). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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  20. ^ "Tram Train proposals for East Midlands Airport and East Midlands Parkway news". RailUK Forums. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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  23. ^ "welcome - skylink express - run by trentbarton". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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  26. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
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  28. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 G-BMAU East Midlands Airport (EMA)". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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  32. ^ "Al-Qaida claims responsibility for cargo bombs". MSNBC. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.

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