East Midlands Airport growth

Owned by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG), East Midlands Airport (EMA) has continued to operate over half of its scheduled flights.

Situated adjacent to the M1, and within the Derby, Leicester, Nottingham conurbation, the airport says that cargo flights are up 7.4%, driven by medical equipment and online orders. 

The latest European air traffic statistics, published by Eurocontrol, show that EMA has seen the smallest drop in flight numbers of any major airport in Europe over the last week, followed by Bergen, Stavanger and Cologne.

Positioned only a four-hour truck drive to 90% of the population of England and Wales, EMA’s central location means vital supplies flown into the UK can be with those who need them most urgently very soon after landing, wherever they are in the country.

Employees at the airport, alongside those from logistics giants DHL, UPS, FedEx and Royal Mail, have been designated as key workers by Government and are working around the clock to ensure next-day-deliveries, many of which are essential items for hospitals, shops and people isolated at home. Between them, they are handling over 1,000 tonnes a day.

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David Starkie, London

Why don't BBC/ITV/Channel 4 have a news item/programme on this important part of the supply chain? Too politically incorrect to do so? Too busy with the NHS?