East Midlands Airport

It sounds like a tongue twister and you could almost write a quiz question for it: it is in Leicestershire, but closer to Derby, however yesterday the East Midlands airport was renamed Nottingham East Midlands Airport. As you can imagine this has been met with uproar from councillors and residents of both Derbyshire and Leicestershire who feel that it undermines the fact that the airport serves the whole region. The airport is currently owned by the Manchester Airport Group who purchased it three years ago (along with Bournemouth airport) for £241 Million. Its almost continual development over the last thirty or so years has seen it transformed from a ...

We've just booked a holiday to Benidorm and we will be flying from East Midlands Airport, so I thought I would tell you a little bit about the Airport and what you will find there. ~~~WHERE IS IT? East Midlands International Airport is located near to the southern boundary of Derbyshire. The airport 21km (13 miles) southwest of Nottingham, 11km (17 miles) southeast of Derby and 30km (19 miles) northwest of Leicester. ~~~HOW TO GET THERE The airport can be reached by public transport from Derby, via the 73, 121 and 123 buses. From Long Eaton there are the 5B and "Air-Line" services which run between East Midlands Airport ...

I use East Midlands quite often as it is the most convinient one for me to get to, apart from the fact I live about 20 miles away, they serve Dublin which I commute to about 3 times per month. ======= LOCATION ======= The airport is situated right on the border of Nottinghamshire,Derbyshire and Leicestershire next to Junction 22A of the M1 motorway making it within east commuting distance for someone like myself. The M1 itself has excellent links with the M69,A50,M42 making it an alternative airport to the likes of Birmingham which sometimes can be a nightmare to get to because of the notourious M6! EMA is well signposted on approach to the junction ...