I'd expect both good load factor and yields on the Napoli flights.

Alot of ac holding north and south of the field tonight along with what appears to have been a missed approach and divert up the road to CC.

The operational advice notice in play states the runway should be open at 8pm. Wonder what if any financial contractual penalties might be in play for delays?

Runway
 

Local Variation

I think the runway might have been handed back and nobody you can bill for Fog and a 300 RVR.

I suppose some will moan that CAT 3 is not available but the NOTAM is showing CAT 1 during the period of the runway works with a minimum 450M.

EMA pilot info @ OurAirports

Pete

Hi Pete,

Thanks for that. Hadn't considered the wx. Not too bad where I am. Must be the Markfield effect :ok:

Current Metar concurs with your response.

Eastern EMA-ABZ, originally taken off sale just for the period of the runway closure, now seems to have disappeared completely from their res system. Not coming back?

I saw something recently (can't remember where), saying flights restart on 16th January.

EMA-ABZ
 

When it is not in the booking engine, the route map or the destinations page you could almost say you don't get much more conclusive.

I wonder if Flybe could try it once a day or does it really need an earning morning and late evening departure? I would say a double daily Dash 8 would be overkill but maybe once a day could work?

Pete

New route - Flybe East Midlands - Southampton 1 weekly (SAT) seasonal for summer Begins 27th May 2017. not bad prices either £55 return

Plans have been submitted to build a new corporate hangar between the West apron (DHL) and the RVL hangar. This will be built on the carpark that was only laid last year behind the old large bmi hangar.

FC

Ryanair to add Seville for winter 17 begins October twice weekly

Two Ryanairs diverted in last night due to the issues at Stansted. I'm assuming there aren't many empty stands at EMA overnight so the two they did accept probably filled the available stands?

FC

LS have released there S18 schedule. Below are the changes that have been made when comparing LS's AUG17 and AUG18 Schedule.

Frequency Increase

LEI - Will increase from 1 to 2 weekly
CFU - Will increase from 1 to 2 weekly
DLM - Will increase from 1 to 2 weekly
SPU - Will increase from 1 to 2 weekly

Frequency Increase

ALC - Will decrease from 12 to 10 weekly
FAO - Will decrease from 10 to 9 weekly
AGP - Will decrease from 9 to 7 weekly

Routes Unavailable to Book

NAP - 1 weekly for S17

Further Changes are highly likely before the start of next summer

EMA is now getting some Champions League Final flights:

Sat 3rd June
07:10 AAF973 MAD A320
07:25 AAF985 MAD A320
11:00 IGA702 MAD SF34 (STD 07:30 4th June)

East Midlands Airport - our opinion after very recent use...

Our flights arrived and departed on time, which is the prime function of an airline and airport, but our problems started as soon as we stepped off the aircraft and were repeated on our departure.

The basic problem is that this previously small airport is punching way above its weight and appears to exist only to fleece the public while making them jump over hoops and walk round in circles. On arrival we had to negotiate maze-like crowded open walk-ways for 20 minutes before arriving with 200/300 others at the cattle-crush of passport control which was under-manned. Our son, who met us, was surprised to be charged £3 just for picking us up, but said that that was common these days. He also said that access off the M1 was complicated and very busy.

On departure we checked in through an automatic turnstile and were processed very efficiently through security. Then we had no choice but to fight our way through a vast, noisy, in-your-face commercial market-place, which was badly sign-posted. We exited it irritated and frustrated. But our problems were not over. The huge disjointed gate area was fortunately empty, very long, narrow and austere and split into two parts with 24 exit gates. We took our chances and sat at gate 11. Our flight was called 40 minutes or so before departure and we joined a steeple-chase back to gate 1 and fought our way through queues of other departing passengers. Our passports and boarding passes were checked and we then joined a scrum in the open air for the plane 10 minutes away - and we were priority passengers. If it had been raining it would have been a complete disaster, so perhaps we were lucky. There were transit coaches around but they were not being used.

Overall, our journey worked out well but our experience of the airport itself was not a good one. As emergency measures the airport needs to install much clearer signage and awning cover over the extensive outside walkways. At present the whole place is an obstacle course which exists only to squeeze as many people through as possible while extracting as much cash out of them in the process - £1.99 for a small bottle of water and £4.50 for a tiny pork pie! But to end on a positive note, the staff were very friendly and helpful, the seats were comfortable and the toilets were clean. It was just a pity that the whole airport did not live up to the standards of their toilets!

Access off the M1 was complicated........where did he get off, junction 10?

He also said that access off the M1 was complicated and very busy.

Navigation not his strong point??

There are lots of roadworks between the M1 and the airport and the signage isn't great.

Are you talking about Luton because that place is the pits.

I wonder how much the flight costs, too many people want Rolls Royce luxury at Ford Fiesta prices.

I take it you haven't been to EMA for a long time then? If you had you would know what I was talking about.

As for Luton, I know what you you mean. The airport is just too busy with over 3 times the amount of passengers as EMA in less than half the space but the airport is in high demand. If Luton was being used by less than 5 million passengers it would be an oasis of calm.

I expect a reasonable level of service at any airport and object to being treated like a nuisance. If as much attention was paid to passenger comfort as has been lavished on peddling over-priced designer gear the airport would be much better. After all, it is supposed to be an airport, not a glorified boot sale.

The reason that airports have become as you call them 'glorified boot sales' is they need to earn revenue to survive. As revenue from the airlines drops then they have to look elsewhere and I am afraid parking and shopping is where that comes from.

We all want to fly cheaply and this is the consequence thereof.

Ahhh...in a blinding flash I've got it at last! You can't have your cake and eat it. I think I'd rather pay a bit more for a decent airport, and forget the cake.

I think you'll find you're now in a minority

There's not too many "decent" airports about, especially those that cater for low cost airlines, people want cheap fares and the result is that airports can turn into a bit of a scrum.

The best way to avoid this is to buy a business class ticket and take advantage of all the priorities and lounge access this gives you. I happily use Ryanair for European flights and I feel that the overall experience is fine for the price. I usually manage a long haul business flight once a year - very nice but nothing low cost about it!

I don't think you would expect to get Ferrari style and performance from the most basic Fiesta, you get what you pay for - air travel these days is unfortunatly no different.

News of More Jet2 flights - Winter 2019/20
 

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/jet2com-launches-biggest-ever-winter-2073745

Sorry, I dont know how to make a link ''live'.
Good news, I guess.
Weve forsaken BHX for EMA for 2019. Got to give it a Go - hopefully security queues wont be as bad and car parking costs are very cheap. Offsets the extra 20miles each way driving distance for us - and the minor extra costs that Jet2 charge out of EMA compared to BHX.
Any ideas WHY the flight costs are more expensive out of EMA?

Here you go

https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/new...winter-2073745

thank you, sir. Most helpful.
Any chance of a quick ''tute' on how you posted a ''live' link?
I copy and pasted from my browser directly into the text and hit Return. On other forums that usually works. What did I do wrong please?

Hi all, flying in from Glasgow to east mids on Monday morning, landing at 8:15 in the morning. Does anyone know how long it takes to get from doors open to the exit? Cheers.

Which airline (Ryanair, Easyjet etc) and walk on luggage or a case in the hold?

Sorry, Flybe and just carry on luggage!

I would suggest its just minutes from exiting aircraft to walking out of the Arrivals big doors.
You've no Border Force and no wait at the carousel either.
So, allowing for a slow day, say 15 mins.

Excellent! Thanks very much!

TUI Long-haul
 

Summer 20 as rumoured nothing in terms of log-haul showing but I think this was expected with DSA and BHX gaining a flight each.

Pete

A very tiny increase, that will drop next year due to no long haul to Mexico & Orlando by another 2% and we are still exploring the possibility of long haul scheduled flight which wdere promised within 5 years after Mag took over we should have gone with BA or Virgin.

Also if you go onto BMI site for routes ex EMA it shows Ema -Bru Ema -Turkey Ema -Nuremberg , but it shows no flights to Nuremberg Weird

With respect, long haul PAX is a dead duck. BA and Virgin? Not a chance. BHX with a larger local market, and bigger business base cannot sustain westbound long haul, and even eastbound long haul growth has stalled. The focus for long haul growth in central / northern England is now firmly focused on MAN, and MAG will see to that as regards EMA. Odd IT charter routes might come EMA's way in the future, but even there DSA appears to becoming the departure point of choice for the East Midlands and south / west Yorkshire.

Code shares with Brussels Airlines over BRU?

More positively, cargo is growing steadily, as tonnage declines at MAN. Another strategic move my MAG perhaps. Unless local authorities scupper this lucrative business through night bans / restriction this is EMA's (less glamourous) future growth area.

A very tiny increase, that will drop next year due to no long haul to Mexico & Orlando by another 2% and we are still exploring the possibility of long haul scheduled flight which were promised within 5 years after Mag took over we should have gone with BA or Virgin