Jet2 to expand at LBIA
Jet2 plans Leeds Bradford expansion
23.11.10
Jet2 is to create 145 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport next year as it expands its services from its home base. The airline will also increase seating capacity on its 11 Leeds Bradford based aircraft to meet growing demand.
The expansion follows a record summer for the airline this year at Leeds Bradford Airport, where it carries more than 50 percent of the airport’s passengers. It had a record 1.1 million passengers over the summer, serving 41 destinations, with demand for flights to the Algarve, the Balearic Islands and the Spanish Costas exceeding expectations.
The airline is planning to increase its seat capacity at the airport to 1.8 million next year. Two new routes will also fly from Leeds Bradford in 2011. Weekly flights to Funchal in Madeira will start in February and operate for the remainder of the year, and a new weekly service to Bodrum in Turkey will start in June. Services to the popular Spanish resorts of Malaga, Alicante, and Palma will include double daily flights during the peak summer period. The budget airline has also doubled its Saturday and Sunday flights to Geneva this winter.