I would not travel an hour, or more, to save what, maybe £20, on a flight to Spain etc, which is only what is on offer from LPL and LBA.
The travel and hassle of the journeys is not worth it, for what can only be a minimal saving.
MAN (and LPL to a lesser extent) have all bases covered with Jet2, EZY and RYR, all at prices not to far off whats offered elsewhere. There really is little need, even financially, for people to travel to Leeds who would are closer to LPL and MAN.
The only leakage I can understand would be from LPL and LBA to MAN to make use of services not offered there.
I'm not arguing against the development of transport links to LBA here by the way, just saying from the west side of the pennines there are excellent transport links to airports and massive range of air services, which without doubt reduce the need for travel to Leeds.
Last edited by eggc; 12th Dec 2014 at 21:46.