LEEDS - 4

[inglebyboro]

Leeds Approach

How nice to see such a 1 sided comment. What a load of tosh!!!

With Newcastle, Humberside, and Doncastle Robin Hood, you are not too far from the mark.

I do not know how you believe that Durham Tees Valley (not Teesside) is "well to the North of the region with a smaller catchment" when compairing with NCL. Do you not know basic geography? DTVA has a larger catchment area than Newcastle. Within 1 hour from DTVA you can reach to the North of Newcastle, and south of York, and almost reaching Leeds. Within 2 hours (as you state from LBA), from DTVA you can easily hit Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull, Manchester, and probably not too far off Edinburgh.

You say that other low cost airlines have tried and failed. Infact only ONE, BMI Baby has pulled out, which was a complete surprise, due to their high pax figures. If they was not the demand from DTVA, the airport would not have been able to bring in a replacement LCC within 7 days of the BMI Baby announcement. Fly Globespan's pax numbers from DTVA are healthy, and if they charged the fares that Jet 2 and easyJet charge from LBA / NCL, then, the number of empty seats would be almost nil.

Your comment that more people live within 2 hours of LBA than Heathrow is so laughable its untrue. Within 2 hours of Heathrow you can get as far West as Cardiff, well past Birmingham, and well up the M1. Do you know how many people actually live in the South of England????????

Why would Ryanair choose an airport, with the highest % of diverted flights from any UK airport, due to weather.