A big week for the LBA team to shine. Tomorrow sees the launch of Jet2's CDG service, August passenger numbers should be available and with a following wind should be above 250,000 for the first time and the 8th Jet2 aircraft to be based at Leeds arrived over the bank holiday. Plenty of opportunity to talk about things of more interest than jazz bands, taxi shortages and plaques on walls.
On a wider note, PPrune has undoubtedly brought to light much dissatisfcation with various aspects of how the airport is managed and operated. Some of the criticism is probably justified, some of it is perhaps harsh. Everyone of course is entitled to opinion.
I'd stress though that if you just want to actually want to try and move the debate forward, writing to the council leaders in Leeds and Bradford and the Airport Chair is what's required - not just a general rant on here. Remember the airport is owned by the 5 local authorties and they employ a management team to run the place and also set out a framework for how they want the airport to be run.
If the Councils are telling EA to run the airport to make a nice little profit and attract a reasonable but not expansive range of business, charter and low-cost services and limit growth to its existing infrastrucural capability then one can hardly blame the guy for doing that. In fact if that is the remit, he's doing it very well.
If on the other hand they are telling him to claw back all of the local passengers that use Manchester then frankly, its not been a great success.
You see my point though; the people to complain to are the people in council who are dictating airport policy, not the people who follow their orders.
So don't just let bmifox do all the work writing to the people in the council and don't just wait 2 years until the next round of council elections. There is a lot of valid debate on here but the people that need to hear it are:
Andrew Carter (leader Leeds City Council)
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Margaret Eaton (leader Bradford City Council)
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Tony Cairns (airport chair)
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