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Passenger Records Shattered at Leeds Bradford Airport
3 June 2003
Leeds Bradford International Airport saw a record number of passengers using its facilities during May, breaking the previous record monthly passenger throughput by a phenomenal 20.8%. A total of 200,909 passengers used the airport in May, a 37.5% increase over May 2002, and in the process shattered the previous record throughput of 166,252 set in August 2002.
Yorkshire’s own low cost airline Jet2 accounted for 42,513 (21%) of the total passengers. The other two airlines at LBA which style themselves as low cost carriers – Ryanair operating to Dublin and FlyBe operating to Belfast – carried 18,634 (9%) and 9,723 (5%) respectively of the total passenger throughput during the month.
Managing Director Ed Anderson commented,
‘This is the most exciting time in Leeds Bradford’s history. A 37.5% year on year increase in traffic demonstrates the massive demand for flights from Leeds Bradford from right across the region. Furthermore, the fact that around 35% of our passengers are now able to fly with low cost carriers illustrates the way in which Leeds Bradford has reinvented itself. We are now able to offer a wide range of services from low cost carriers, holiday flights with all the major charter airlines, plus full service scheduled flights with airlines like bmi british midland, KLM and Eastern Airways.’