The airport says the pandemic led to significant growth due to greater use of e-commerce
By Amy Payne & Jennifer HarbyAn airport which is home to the UK's largest dedicated air cargo operation has revealed it has seen huge increases in traffic since the pandemic.
East Midlands Airport has seen an increase in cargo volumes since 2019 of 23%, transporting goods such as car parts, healthcare supplies and manufacturing parts.It said it expected growth to continue and was considering expansion plans.Ioan Reed-Aspley, the airport's head of media, said: "The cargo side of the business is not just important to this airport; it's also really important to the region.
He said the airport expected a proportion of the growing volumes to stay, due to users making a permanent switch to air cargo.at the heart of a freeport bid to create economic activity nearby"We know looking at the trajectory of growth that it is going to continue so future expansion plans will be to facilitate that growth," Mr Reed-Aspley added.
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