East Midlands airport bucks the national trend
East Midlands airport is within close proximity to Leicester, Derby and Nottingham.
The airport is close to an excellent network of motorways making the journey to the airport relatively simple. Not only is the airport superbly placed it has the advantage of being the hub for the low cost flyers easyjet, bmibaby, Ryanair and First choice airways
Despite the recession East Midlands airport saw passenger numbers rise in 2008 which was against falls seen at all other major airports such as Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted airports who 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.
In 2004 East Midlands airport was renamed Nottingham East Midlands despite being in the county of Leicester, to increase international awareness on the back of Nottingham Forest winners of the European cup, because it was considered that outside of the UK East Midlands meant very little to the international traveller “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.
East Midlands airport parking 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 hotel parking
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