East Midlands: Cargo & Freight Services

[rad]

Alright lads ! We have Antonov 124 on the way to EMA 😀
http://www.flightstats.co.uk/FlightStat ... ign=weblet
get your cameras out !

 

[Aviador]

Cheers for the heads up!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Apparently it didn't turn up on the 1st?

► UNITED KINGDOM: Ethiopian Cargo to start weekly ops to East Midlands Airport.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) freight division, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo, will launch a once weekly dedicated cargo flight between Addis Ababa and East Midlands Airport, an airport in the East Midlands of England, effective September 1. Flights operate on board a B757-200F.

According to a press release, the flights will operate on Sundays (Day 7) leaving East Midlands at 0745 and arriving in Addis Ababa at 1800.

ET Cargo also operates to Liege and Luxembourg.

http://www.theafricanaviationtribune.co ... ref=fb&m=1

 

[Seasider]

When I was at EMA on Sunday, I noticed Atlantic A/L ATP parked on the UPS apron whereas it has always been parked at the western end of the DHL apron.
Any known reasons?

 

[Ray Finkle]

It's reported on another forum that the AN-225 is due in tomorrow (12th) at 18:00 and due out again Friday (13th) at 10:00. It's also reported that due to the Download Festival police will not be allowing parking on the surrounding roads.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic figures for EMA :good:

East Midlands Airport soars to a new cargo record


Cargo services into and out of East Midlands Airport have beaten annual records for the second year running.

The airport handled 322,918 tonnes during 2015 – 4.5 per cent up on 2014 – making it the busiest in its 50-year history.

December, in particular, was a record month and the first in which cargo exceeded 30,000 tonnes.

The Castle Donington airport is the main UK hub for express carriers DHL, UPS and TNT with daily connections linking the UK with Europe, Asia and America.

Full article: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Airpo ... story.html

 

[Ray Finkle]

No surprise that West Atlantic are relocating from Coventry.

Nigel Hiorns, Managing Director for West Atlantic UK Ltd, says: "We had outgrown our Coventry facility as it could no longer meet the demands and needs of our business. A new base is required due to the rapid expansion of our fleet, and our in- house maintenance capabilities especially as we prepare to launch new converted Boeing 737-800 freighters in February 2018. East Midlands Airport is the perfect solution for us as it’s a prime site for our customer network and it will offer us a convenient solution for the maintenance of our larger aircraft.”

http://www.investinnottingham.com/west-atlantic-relocate-uk-operations-to-east-midlands-airport

 

[juliet-fox-9]

UPS to invest over $150m in new UK cargo hub

 

[Rob c DSA]

Wondered if anyone knew for certain have Icelandair Cargo ditched EMA full stop or are they missing out the stop on the way to Liege at present, I assume its the later?

 

[Seasider]

Cargojet (Canada) have been operating to Cincinnati for the last couple of weeks, whether it is their own service or subbing for DHL I do not know.

 

[Rob c DSA]

Cargojet (Canada) have been operating to Cincinnati for the last couple of weeks, whether it is their own service or subbing for DHL I do not know.

Amerijet have in to Heathrow also

 

[Rob c DSA]

ABX Air Boeing 767-300(BDSF) N219CY sat at EMA arrived from Cincinnati.

Strange to see hardly a freighter heading Eastbound from the US

 

[juliet-fox-9]

East Midlands Airport welcomes UK’s only direct China/UK air cargo service

News blog site for all that is happening in the commercial aviation world. Daily updates for travel, aircraft, airline news.

www.air101.co.uk

 

[Rob c DSA]

Kalitta Air have today begun a new service operating from Brussels departing to Cincinnati

Info courtesy of EMA spotters facebook

 

[Scottie Dog]

Cargo figures for the years 2019/2020 - all data is tonnes

.

REGION

Jan-19

Feb-19

Mar-19

Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19

Jul-19

Aug-19

Sep-19

Oct-19

Nov-19

Dec-19

EAST MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL

Midlands

27602.56​

24427.57​

28913.77​

26983.49​

28291.24​

26300.83​

28495.34​

25298.29​

28269.79​

32000.45​

29650.67​

29714.14​

Jan-20​

Feb-20​

Mar-20​

Apr-20​

May-20​

Jun-20​

Jul-20​

Aug-20​

Sep-20​

27408.56​

25228.39​

28717.54​

25051.99​

28403.93​

30846.61​

28305.97​

32304.96​

38676.28​

 

[Rob c DSA]

Big increase's for August and September on last year

 

[Scottie Dog]

Latest Cargo update from the CAA data

.

REGION

Jan-19

Feb-19

Mar-19

Apr-19

May-19

Jun-19

Jul-19

Aug-19

Sep-19

Oct-19

Nov-19

Dec-19

EAST MIDLANDS INTERNATIONAL

Midlands

27602.56​

24427.57​

28913.77​

26983.49​

28291.24​

26300.83​

28495.34​

25298.29​

28269.79​

32000.45​

29650.67​

29714.14​

Jan-20

Feb-20

Mar-20

Apr-20

May-20

Jun-20

Jul-20

Aug-20

Sep-20

Oct-20

27408.56​

25228.39​

28717.54​

25051.99​

28403.93​

30846.61​

28305.97​

32304.96​

38676.28​

36514.677​

 

[superking]

Will East Midlands airport push for more cargo services in the future ,or will they push more for passengers.Its some impressive cargo figures over the months.

 

[Jerry]

Will East Midlands airport push for more cargo services in the future ,or will they push more for passengers.Its some impressive cargo figures over the months.

I expect that cargo will be it's main focus especially with the new rail link

 

[Scottie Dog]

Whilst East Midlands sees a great increase in Cargo I do see an apparent bias to funnelling that traffic through EMA to the detriment of Manchester.

This may keep volumes up within the Manchester Airport Group, but it does appear to be keeping the numbers down at one of their other airport. There have been a number of occasions when freight flights have been initially scheduled into Manchester airport but then reject b y the airport - and not by the handling agent. Yes, Manchester does well on the passenger front but it no longer appears to have its own Cargo Manager - all marketing being done through a gentleman based at EMA.

Please don't take this as 'sour grapes', just an observation based on fact.