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More cargo, fewer planes at EMA

[ February 12, 2026   //   ]

East Midlands Airport says it has achieved significant growth in cargo with fewer aircraft movements and less impact on local communitie..

A combination of changing routes and new aircraft means that since the start of the new financial year in April, EMA has seen a fall of more than 1,300 freight aircraft movements while recording an overall rise in cargo of 44,280 tonnes.

There were 18,400 freight aircraft movements at the airport across the past ten months – a fall of 7% or on average 133 fewer per month than in prior years – while 345,800 tonnes of cargo of cargo was carried, up 15% on the previous year.

This corresponds with an increase in inter-continental flights to Asia and the US and a drop in shorter flights to Europe, which means larger aircraft carrying more freight per flight.

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