How about:

* Castle Donington Derby (the original IATA code was CDD for this very reason)
* Diseworth International Airport
* Islay Walton Airport
* Birmingham Northeast (probably the option Ryanair would favour!!!)
* Brian Clough International (could be appropriate given he was a manager at more than on club in the region)

Alternatively, just leave it as Nottingham East Midlands as it does convey an indication of where the region actually is, which to my niave mind does seem vaguely important.

Andy

Boy oh boy I'm in a mood today, lol. :ooh:

After they have ridded the terminal front of the still shot of an exercise video, they airport should be pressing Midland Mainline for a completion date for the Parkway Station.

All the current bus improvements are good. Now get the new train station built and things can only get better.


hmmmm, what can I rant about next......:*

Midland Mainline are not going to build the Parkway station as they won't be around by then. Their francise runs out next year, and the contruction of the station will become a condition of the new "East Midlands" franchise which starts later next year and which will combine the services of the current Midland Mainline and east-midlands Central Trains operation. Whoever wins the franchise (there are, I believe, three bidders - National Express, First Group, and another) will be required to build the station by the end of 2008.

Andy

The new Ryanair schedules are causing much angst to the NIMBY's, a letter in the local rag the New Nu's says "10 new routes arrive and depart during the hours most of you will be trying to sleep and as you know passenger flights are banned from doing this at other UK airports", sounds like the stuff coming from a labour spin docter more like, i'm sure all other airports are open 24/7 apart from say LHR....:\

Probably if M O'L gets involved he will tell the management what the airport will be called.:)
Secondly, for the parkway station, I can just imagine Meridian trains painted like First Buses stopping there in 3 years time.
Finally, as a taxpayer of Leicestershire I am not too chuffed at Leicestershire police picking up the tab for an airport called Nottingham:confused:
ps Maybe the title could be changed every 3 years to incorporate the 3 main cities. ie: 2004-7 NEMA, 2007-10 DEMA, and 10-13 LEMA:)

Just leave it as it is stop messing with around with things and wasting money it this does is confuse the customer more, and lets be honest the pax loads have gone up since its been called Nottingham, so just leave it and deal with more important things.

Morning....and since its been called Nottingham, your team of Red dogs have been plummeting ever downwards.(apart from their current "blip").
GOT to be more than a coincidence !
Hope you're ok.
LB
YOU RAMS !:\

from bbcnew:

Full steam ahead for airport link
A long-awaited railway link to Nottingham East Midlands Airport could be up and running by December 2008, according to organisers.
Network Rail has now taken over the project from Midland Mainline and is carrying out surveying work on the planned site at Ratcliffe-on Soar.

The parkway station near junction 24 of the M1 would provide rail links to the airport from nearby cities and London.

It is hoped that construction work would start in Spring 2007.


As far as we're concerned the project is full steam ahead
Ben Herbert, Network Rail

The planned parkway station would eventually provide 1,000 parking spaces and a shuttle service to the airport.

Ben Herbert, from Network Rail, said the company was now getting on with designing the station and taking the proposals through the relevant planning processes.

He said the station would greatly improve transport links in and around the East Midlands.

"The reason the site has been chosen is because it is the nearest point on the existing railway to the airport itself, it's handy for the A453 trunk road and also junction 24 of the M1.

"As far as we're concerned the project is full steam ahead, it's all going well and we'll be able to get some more information on what the station will actually look like after Christmas," he said.

He added that the operator for train services to the station would be decided by November 2007.

The East Midlands parkway station has been on the drawing board for years, but has been dogged by planning rows.

The land was bought by compulsory purchase order from energy company Powergen, and plans for the station have been opposed by local residents.

Personally, regarding the name change, I really do hope it doesn't get named after a celebrity. Please EMA, don't do that!

How about London East Midlands Airport :rolleyes: .....after all everything else is............ I Know Leicester was peeved at it being called Nottingham East Midlands Airport, after all they have to pick up the tab for the policing of the place...... to see it named after a different city rankled.

NEMA just does not roll of the tongue, perhaps if they had called it East Nottingham East Midlands Airport, that would at least of conjured up a name you could go on so to speak....... Think about it.

:D :D :D :D excellent NutLoose :D :D :D :D

I think that the airport is finally waking up to the fact that it cannot afford to be making enemies over trivial things like the name. As others have mentioned, there is fierce local pride in the region (though isn't there everywhere?) and to name the local airport after one of the three primary cities that it serves was always going to be controversial. I agree that the name "East Midlands" is too vague, as it doesn't imply the country, simply the region of one country. Adding a city has helped identify it, and whilst living in Loughborough, Leicester is actually my closest big city, I regularly tell foreigners I meet I'm from Nottingham as few have heard of Leicester. Perhaps had the airport been named after all three cities and dropped "East Midlands" it would've been OK. I think simply it'll revert to East Midlands Airport (after all that's what people refer to it as, or some elderly members around do call it Donno or Donington) or East Midlands International Airport.

Great news to hear about all of these new Ryanair routes starting in February. Any idea how things are progressing to get the terminal all shaped up for next summer, including this exciting proposal for the "pier"? I'm pretty sure it'll be airbridge-less.

bmibaby

You could always rename the other Birmingham West Midlands Airport, that would put it in context for all passengers to Nottingham East Midlands Airport then :p but you have to realise that a simple rename costs hundreds of thousands in new road signs etc around the counties.............

As for the Pier, is that not supposed to be going between the old and new apron extension, losing the car parking facility in the old post office freight building?............................

What's this pier I've been hearing about?

[quote=NutLoose;2922532]bmibaby

You could always rename the other Birmingham West Midlands Airport, that would put it in context for all passengers to Nottingham East Midlands Airport then :p but you have to realise that a simple rename costs hundreds of thousands in new road signs etc around the counties.............

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No problem there then; most of the road signs were never changed in the first place and still say EMA(the airport wouldn't pay for it). The sign at the front was ordered well before the first announcement; that is, before the 'consultations' that followed the first announcement. No doubt we shall hear of any other name change by the same means.

BTW, this year I have flown to Washington, Vancouver, Bratislava;will also be going to Poznan (Poland) and Valencia before the end of the year.
I have yet to fly from East Midlands, my nearest neighbour.:(

Can anyone provide me with any info with regards to extending the western apron again.

also the satallite seems like it will be connected to the international departures by an elevated walkway. sounds like there is planning permission for Air Bridges to be included.

Regards

Stu

ba-tenerife
 

hey all a little more information today the tenerife flights will stop in the middle of may 2007 & restart first week of october 2007 with the same frequency cheers paul

Air Bridges back at the 'Donn - Argosies or Vanguards???

:ok: :ok:

Not a surprise that the BA Connect Tenerife service will end for the summer. It's already well served by the charter airlines, most of whom are now selling these seats directly to the customer via the internet.

Unless EMA have some exciting longhaul or full-service offerings up their sleaves, any idea who would actually use airbridges out of the airport?

NEMA to Brussels
 

Can anyone please tell me why the BRU operated by BMIregional is still showing as a baby route on the Baby website? Admittedly it does transfer you to BMI website, but as it was a BABY route 3 years ago, why is it still on their website? (Paris was regional but is not on the BMI website from NEMA)- Is it going back to BABY with Locost Service or is regional keeping it and continuing their route offering full service? I'm a bit confused, anyone heard anything around NEMA? :confused: