East Midlands Airport (EMA)

...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. ...
...services which run between East Midlands Airport and Long Eaton. There is also a “Flightlink” coach service, from Chesterfield bus station. Details of all these services can be found on the Derbyshire County Council Transport web-site (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ derbyshire_public_transport/AIRPORTE.HTM#che). There isn’t a Railway Station near to the Airport, so it’s not really that convenient to travel there by train. The nearest ...

tange 12.10.2001 (14.10.2001) · Read full review
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...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 ...
...you finally board the plane. A good experience and I will certainly travel from East Midlands again. I would like to see them develop more things for children to do. There are plenty of shops (eg. WH Smiths, Boots) and cafes and restaurants. A good start to our holiday. ...

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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 ...
...What I love about East Midlands is that there are never huge crowds of people or massive queues. If you travel early in the morning it is fairly deserted. The only small problem I would say is that when a flight is called and everyone moves to the gate it can get a bit crowded and difficult to move past. All in all I think this is a great little airport and for me it takes a lot of the stress out of air travel with it's simple layout and acessibility. ...

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...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 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 ...
...Birmingham or Coventry which sometimes can be a nightmare to get to because of the notourious M6! EMA is well signposted on approach to the junction southbound and northbound, after exiting the motorway it's a simple 5 minute journey along a road running paralell with the main runway so you can't miss it! PARKING/TRANSPORT The airport has the normal car parks, long stay and short stay with the latter located near the terminal building. Prices fairly ...

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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 ...
...will be on the Nottingham East Midlands Airport website. Transport includes a Skylink, Air-line shuttle, Rainbow 5 and a 240 bus service, which operate from local towns to the airport. More information will be on the Nottingham East Midlands Airport website. Shopping: shops include: Alpha Airport Shopping- Aviation Gift & hobby centre- Boots- -Crew.uk- Dixons Tax Free- Dominoe’s Toys- Ilkeston Co-op Travel- Judi Judi World- -World News- Redland ...

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...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 ...
...to foreigners than the name East Midlands. I wouldn’t disagree, as I’m from down South and before I moved to Derby I knew a lot more about Nottingham than Derby and Leicester put together so I believe this would reflect on the rest of Europe. Now admittedly although I’m a resident of Derby I don’t feel the passion of the locals but surely they must see that the research is factual and that they must not let their feelings of township rivalry get ...

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...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. ...
...kids were also treated to some freebie sweets. All flight information was well announced and information boards all up to date. In my opinion East Midlands can rival any of the other larger airports and it excels them in friendly and helpful staff. A pleasure to visit. ...

elle3041 26.06.2001 · Read full review
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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 ...
...hanging about airport. East Midlands Airport itself. It is mainly a one floor building, ok there is a small upstairs bit but the quality of the two or three eateries up there are just not worth the effort. I would say that if you take away the Sandwich options the standard of Catering is appalling. Expensive uneatable items that have been kept warm under heat lamps. I think the Chief Excecutive would do no worse that visiting Venice Marco Polo ...

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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, ...
...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 part of the original terminal. The 2nd part was recently built and is a larger part of the terminal (being it far roomier!). ...

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Nottingham East Midlands Airport has got to be one of the best airports in the country for ease of use, and for de-mystifying the notion of flying for those who are new to flight or are scared of flying. Fortunately for me I LOVE flying and since living in Stoke-on-Trent I have tried to book all of my flights from this airport. It is incredibly easy to find (though you need to keep your eyes open when you hit the 2 roundabouts just off the M1 for ...
...in the wrong direction!) and centrally located. Checking in is a breeze, and with just one terminal building you simply go to 'departures' check the screens for your check-in desk and away you go. There are rarely any huge queues, but if there are they usually disappear very quickly. Once you have checked in there is a Boots, a handful of other shops for your last minute purchases, and an Aeroplane shop for all of you aviation enthusiasts. You ...

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I first flew into EMA when the largest aircraft going in were Viscounts. Since that time the airport has, it appears, sought to get as much cargo business as possible and given passengers little thought. The cargo side has really been thought out with a large area of warehousing etc on terminal roads. The most recent building work saw a departure hall that could cope with hundreds of passengers on different flights, with an array of check in desks ...
...dances whilst checking in, however the arrivals side has not done so well. There are two luggage belts, not very long either and there appears to have been an increase in the area of about 50% since I first flew in there. I once landed there about a year ago when two flights came in close together and there was no room at all in the luggage reclaim area. Such was the overcrowding that if it had been a theatre or similar it would have been closed ...

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INottingham East Midlands International Airport (Nottingham was added to the name recently as no-one seemed to know where it was!!) is about 14 miles from Nottingham, but located in South Derbyshire. Signposted from the M1, the airport is really easy to access by car. There are plenty of car parking areas catering for short, medium and long stay. Most of the car parks are within walking distance of the terminal - Car Park 1 (medium stay) really ...
...airport by train. Nottingham East Midlands is one of the smaller international airports, but it really is my airport of choice. As it is smaller, there ar less places one can fly to, but there is still plenty of choice of destinations, with several of the low cost airlines operating from here. Check-in has never been a probelm for me here... nor has baggage collection, etc on arrival. Things have gone smoothly when I have flown from EMA. There ...

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East Midlands Airport has an excellent location, 5 minutes off the M1 moterway. The airport is relatively small, with just a departure area for domestic and one for international. I've used the airport quite a few times for both business and holidays. I think historically the airport has been used for Charter Holiday packages, with BMI offering most of the scheduled flights. Recently with the launch of BMI Baby there are now many European destinations ...
...When ever I've used the airport it's never been too busy, and I've usually checked in well within 15 minutes, although I've probably not visited at peak holiday times. However the security/bag scanning area lets this down, as it just doesn't seem to be big enough. I think there are only about 4 scanners and 2 walk through metal detectors, and I've spent up to 1/2 hour wainting in line here. Once you get through to the gate area there are a few shops ...

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East midlands is the airport that i always choose. The airport is smaller than Birmingham, and offers most of the flights. It is very difficult to get lost, and even harder to miss a flight. I recently flew from the airport, my flight suffered a 2 hour delay. However the staff were able to resolve the problem with the plane and reduce the delay time to 45 minutes! The staff are friendly and more than willing to help you and ensure that you do not ...

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I had the awful experience of this airport last month when travelling home from spending the weekend in the Midlands of England. I was travelling back home to Northern Ireland with BMI and was at the airport well before the normal 1 hour check-in time for regional flights just to be greeting by queues and queues of people for at least 4 flights including my own trying to be cleared by by three people. I spent most of the hour i had in the queue until ...
..."Final Call" for our flight, i then proceeded to leave the queue and grab the nearest BMI employee i could see and tell then our situation, this prompted them finally to make an annoucement for all passengers for our flight to make themselves know to staff and rush us through to the aircraft. You know how it feels when you walk onto the plane and everybody glares at you as if it was your fault for keeping the flight late, next time i am going there ...

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