New routes help drive growth at East Midlands Airport
New destinations and increased seat capacity by tour operators have helped drive passenger growth at East Midlands Airport. During February, 395,136 passengers used the Airport, up 19.2% compared to the same month last year.
Against the national trend, the Airport experienced a significant increase in passengers who benefited from the destinations operated by low-cost carriers Ryanair, easyJet and bmibaby. The Airport has also seen increased capacity on Thomson, Thomas Cook and XL.com routes as a result of extra demand from customers. Considerable growth has also been experienced in passengers travelling to Egypt and EMA’s latest long-haul winter sun destination Goa with First Choice.
Also in February 2008:
- International scheduled traffic grew 18.7%
- Domestic scheduled traffic grew by 12.6%
- Charter traffic grew by 20.5%
These figures account for all business and leisure traffic at EMA although they benefit from the additional leap year day.
Easter is anticipated to be another bumper holiday period for the UK’s 13th largest passenger airport. Some 95,000 people will be travelling through EMA between Thursday 19th March and Tuesday 25th March, a rise of nearly 7% compared to Easter last year.
Good Friday is predicted to be the busiest day for the Airport with over 18,000 passengers jetting off for Easter. Dublin, Alicante, Tenerife, Glasgow and Edinburgh are expected to be the most popular destinations during this period.
Passengers are reminded that the one-bag restriction and rules governing liquids are still in force and are urged to check the security information on www.eastmidlandsairport.com before they leave for the Airport.
For more information contact:
EMA Press Office
Tel: 0845 108 8542
Email: pressoffice@eastmidlandsairport.com