LBA issued this press release a few weeks ago, which gives some clues.....
Leeds Bradford International Airport recorded a 33 % increase in traffic during April, the largest year on year monthly increase ever seen in the airport’s history. A total of 145,882 passengers flew in and out during the month and the figures were boosted by Yorkshire’s new low cost airline, Jet2, carrying 27,539 passengers as their summer operations started to come on line. From 1st May Jet2’s services to Amsterdam, Nice, Barcelona, Milan, Palma, Malaga and Alicante are operating at their full frequency with a total of over 50 flights per week.
In addition to Jet2, low cost airline Ryanair carried 18,911 passengers on their Dublin service, an increase of 46% over April 2002. Other significant increases were recorded by FlyBe whose Belfast route saw an increase of 31%, and bmi british midland whose Edinburgh service carried 13% more passengers during the month.
Managing Director Ed Anderson commented. ‘These are outstanding figures and will be bettered in the coming months as the summer season gets underway. We are pleased to be providing more opportunities for the region’s business and leisure travellers to use what is currently one of the UK’s fastest growing airports.’