East Midlands Airport

Advantages: Easily accessed, not too busy
Disadvantages: Not a huge range of destinations

...East Midlands Airport is a regional airport located in Castle Donington in Derbyshire. There are flights available to many European destinations, as well as Egypt, USA (Florida) and the Caribbean with charter airlines. I have flown from this airport many times and it is my favourite airport mainly due to it's location, ease of access and relaxed atmosphere. It is easily accessed by car from the M1 (Junction 23 and 23A) or the A50 which is the road I use when travelling from Staffordshire. I live around 50 miles from the airport but the A50 is a relatively quiet road so it's a nice 40 minute drive and I can start my holiday. I find it's easiest to travel to by car but there are local rail links and the airport can be reached from Loughborough, Derby and Nottingham railway stations, depending on where in the country you are...

tor0908 01.12.2009 · Read review
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EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT

Advantages: Close to where I live
Disadvantages: Catering and that long wet walk.

...I will talk about East Midlands Airport from a Nottingham point of view as that is where I live. Getting to EMA (East Midlands Airport) options. 1) Drive your self, about 14 miles down the A453 which can get very Congested during the Evening Rush Hour so allow lots of time. Also as this is a narrow two lane road subject to holdups when accidents occurr. As long as you prebook your Car Parking space charges not too bad but just turn up and you will have a hefty Bill. 2) Use the Airport link bus from Friar/Lane Nottingham. £9 for a 28 day return, but good value Group ticket at £15 (up to 4 adults and 2 children ) Runs every 30 mins (5 past and 35 past the hour) but in the early hours hourly. If traffic light approx 40 mins. But uses same A453 as above. 3) Taxi from Home with local taxi firm in Radcliffe on Trent approx £45...

poshtroika 20.03.2008 · Read review
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Nottingham East Midlands Airport!

Advantages: Not too big, never extremely busy and friendly staff.
Disadvantages: Departure lounge a bit dated, in need of a Re-fit.

...Nottingham East Midlands Airport is a regional Airport situated in the Midlands. Serving a range of Destinations, and offering a nice experience it?s the Airport of choice for me. I?ve flown out of NEMA (Nottingham East Midlands Airport) loads of times now and it is simply one of the best Airports to fly out of. Its situation is a plus as its near Leicester, Derby and Nottingham and adjacent to the M1 the Airport is easy to reach. The Airport is well signposted and easily found. The Airport serves a number of destinations (78 as of Feb 2005 to be exact) and with First Choice launching its Long-Haul operations from there, even Mexico can be reach from the Midlands! Also in operation are numerous well known Holiday Companies, Airtours, Thomson, Thomas Cook and First Choice. Around 2002 the Airport launched its low cost operations...

master-ryan 22.02.2005 · Read review
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An expanding regional airport

Advantages: Close to 3 major cities, room for expansion
Disadvantages: Good question, none for passengers!

...East Midlands Airport has to be an airport that very little people seem to know about. Centrally located, and within a stone's throw of Nottingham and Derby and Leicester too, the airport sits right next to the M1 motorway. It is the base airport for Castle Donington-based airline British Midland International (as it is now called) who fly from the airport to a variety of airports in the UK and on Continental Europe. As well as British Midland, the airport is used by Britannia Airways as well. It's main customers are charter airlines, and freight companies. It is the 2nd biggest airport for freight in the UK. DHL recently built a huge new freight facility at the airport, and the runway was extended to allow larger planes to land. Passengers use two parts of a terminal. The 1st part has been around for a while, and is possibly...

Mattnottm 09.03.2001 · Read review
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It isn't in Nottingham...get me out of here!!

Advantages: Well designed, calm and easy to use
Disadvantages: Getting there is not easy

...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 struggling financial operation into a big player in its market, not only serving the likes of low cost airlines BMI Baby and Go but is also now widely recognised as the largest...

Benniash 21.01.2004 · Read review
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A good way to travel.

Advantages: Small and easy to find your way around.
Disadvantages: Some destinations are not available.

...I seem to be turning into a reviewer of Airports. It?s not intentional; it?s just that, for the first time in ages, I am travelling a little more than usual. 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. 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. 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 and Long Eaton. There is also a ?Flightlink? coach service, from Chesterfield bus...

tange 12.10.2001 (14.10.2001) · Read review
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ITS NOT THE SIZE THE MATTERS

Advantages: Location, Friendly Service, Long Haul Scheduled
Disadvantages: Public Transport Links

...**NEW INFORMATION FOR 2005*** SCHEDULED DESTINATIONS SERVED Cancun Florida Amsterdam Paris Glasgow Edinburgh Nice Dublin Shannon Rome Venice Malaga Gerona Faro Murcia Prague Alicante Palma Cork Belfast Malta Brussels Aberdeen Geneva Dubrovnik Cologne Also all the normal 'bucket and spade' routes to Spain and Greece operate throughout the year. (Ibiza,Corfu etc...) I have used East Midlands quite often as it is the most nearest airport 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...

phil2001 14.12.2001 (21.05.2005) · Read review
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Small airport, small queues

Advantages: Local to me
Disadvantages: Expensive restaurants

...Exeter International Airport is my preferable airport to fly from, but that is solely to do with the fact that it's a 10 - 15 minute drive from my house. Recently revamped, Exeter airport is quite a relatively small airport situated around 5 miles outside of Exeter towards Clyst Honiton. Car Parking The airport has long stay and short stay parking with 4 car parks on site, the short stay car park car park 1, is a very short walk (50 yards) from the departure entrance and you can park there for free for 15 minutes, you do need to use this car park even for dropping off or collecting people as there are no waiting bays. To use this car park you obtain a ticket on entering the barrier at the car park and use it on departure. Car park 3 (200 yards from terminal) Car Park (1/4 of a mile away from the terminal) 1 day...

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a good way to start your holiday

Advantages: small and friendly
Disadvantages: not advertised enough to appeal to holiday makers

...Before flying from this airport earlier this month, I never knew it existed. East Midlands Airport is situated in the middle of the country and surrounded by the cities of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. Sheffield and Tamworth are also nearby. We travelled down the M1, southbound and the airport was very well signposted. This is a small airport in comparison to others in the U.K., in fact you can probably get from one end to the other in 5 minutes, at the same time manipulating suitcases and kids. Although I didn’t count the number of check-in desks, there certainly aren’t that many and so it makes finding where you need to be very easy. The information desk in the main terminal building is open 24 hours a day and the staff there are extremely helpful. A children’s play area is available in the main...

elle3041 26.06.2001 · Read review
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A good start to the holiday

Advantages: Not too busy, pleasant staff, personal service, comfortable, clean and tidy, easily accessible from major roads
Disadvantages: Needed more things for the children to do

...We booked our holiday to Turkey back in March and when we looked at airports to leave from I saw that East Midlands was on the list and as it is only 15 minutes down the road, and easier for us to access than Birmingham or Manchester, I thought I would give it a go. The other added bonus was the fact that I could leave my car at my dad's and he could drive us to the airport and pick us up when we got home. The airport is easily accessible from the M1, A6, and a52 and is close to both Nottingham and Derby and is almost in the centre of the country. We arrived at the airport at just after 7am. Our flight was due to leave at 10am, but we had been advised to arrive more than two hours before because of the increased security checks that were making check in a little longer since the terrorist attcks on September 11th. We stood in...

angel316 10.11.2001 · Read review
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