East Midlands airport bucks the national trend

Within a 20 mile radius of East Midlands airport are the major cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.

Travelling to East Midlands airport could not be easier with the M1 and M42 on the door step. Due to its superb location East Midlands has been able to attract the low cost flyers Ryanair, easyjet and bmibaby which is self serving

Despite the recession East Midlands airport saw passenger numbers rise in 2008 which was against falls seen at all other major airports, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted airports all suffered decreases in passenger levels, whilst East Midlands increased passenger numbers by 3.8% in 2008 reaching 5.6 million and is now the 10th busiest airport in the UK.

Amid much controversy the airport was rebranded Nottingham East Midlands which didn’t go down well with the cities of Leicester and Derby, because it was considered that outside of the UK East Midlands meant very little to the international traveler “Nottingham” was added to give the airport a sense of geographical position. Due to ongoing controversy the name reverted back to East Midlands airport in 2006 following constant challenges from the cities of Derby and Leicester the airport.

Parking at East Milands could not be easier with off and on car parks with transfers to the terminal. Flypark is able to offer a choice of East Midlands airport parking and East Midlands airport hotels with parking

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