Up to 250,000 people will travel through the region’s busiest airport over the Easter period.
Management at East Midlands Airport they expect passenger numbers to recover to 75-80 per cent of pre-Covid levels this summer – a sharp contrast to this time last year when the airport’s passenger operation was still shut.
The start of many school holidays on April 1 also marked the start of the busy summer season which runs from April to October, during which the airport will see two-thirds of its total annual passenger numbers. The period also sees an increase in flight numbers and in the number of destinations served to 22.
