By Air...
Leicestershire is home to East Midlands Airport, one of the largest airports in the UK. It is the UK's primary pure freight airport and has passenger flights to 16 European capital cities amongst 90 worldwide locations
- Second largest freight airport in the UK (after London Heathrow), and the most popular pure freight airport in the UK
- The abundance of cargo facilities by DHL, TNT, UPS, Lufthansa cargo and Parcel Force/Royal mail means that a business can have packages collected later in the day and delivered earlier in the morning- a key advantage
- The airport is connected to Leicestershire's new Parkway railway station via a shuttle bus running every 15 minutes, and by a dedicated bus Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville.
- There are three international airports within 40 minutes drive and the excellent air service provided by East Midlands Airport reaches 16 European capitals ensuring Leicestershire really is the Midlands gateway to Europe.
Click on the below map or visit the East Midlands Airport website for more information on connecting the East Midlands to Europe.
* East Midlands Airport handled 30.6 percent (Jan-Dec 2005) of the UK's total pure freight and 20.2 percent (Jan-Dec 2005) of the UK's total pure mail.
UK's largest pure cargo and mail airport *