Operations
East Midlands Airport has established itself as a hub for low fare airlines, Bmibaby and Ryanair, and serves a range of domestic and European short-haul destinations. It is also a base for Monarch. EasyJet ceased operating from the airport on 5 January 2010. As a result of this redeployment, bmibaby announced plans to expand its operation by 40% by basing three more aircraft at the airport by summer 2010.
A major development towards the long-haul programme came in 2005 with the introduction of holiday flights to the Dominican Republic, Orlando, and Cancún by First Choice Airways. The Indian resort of Goa has subsequently been added.
On 28 August 2009, low fares airline Jet2.com announced a move into the airport commencing with seven routes across Europe from May 2010 and two new winter routes from 20 December 2010.
The airport is a major base for Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook, which offer short-haul flights to Greece, Spain, Egypt, and Bulgaria, and long-haul flights to Orlando, Florida and Cancún.
BMI has its maintenance base at the airport.
Other charter airlines operating in the summer include Saga Airlines, Air Europa, and Onur Air.
It was announced on 13 April 2011 that Bmibaby would close its Manchester and Cardiff bases, moving an additional service to East Midlands Airport with increased frequencies and new routes for summer 2012.
Until 1982, when the head office moved to Donington Hall, British Midland had its head office on the airport property.
It was announced on 3 May 2012 that Bmibaby would cease operations in September 2012 with a number of services being dropped from June. The parent company, International Airlines Group, cited heavy losses and the failure to find a suitable buyer as the reasons for the decision. In light of the announcement, Monarch announced plans to establish a base at the airport, and low-cost airline Jet2 confirmed they would also expand their operations from the airport with new routes and an additional aircraft from Summer 2013.
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