Temporary for a reason
In 2003/4 check in hall B was constructed at LBIA. It was built due to Jet2's rapid growth brought about by the deal that the joint council owners of the airport had facilitated with Jet2.
The check in hall was a fabric containing tent like structure. The structure was designed to be temporary because the councils admitted that they did not have the funds to provide a proper enlarged terminal building.
Eventually the councils decided to sell the airport to a company that could build the necessary terminal enlargement. Various extensions to planning applications have led the temporary check in hall to have now lasted approaching 11 years.
Now we hear that the airport owners want to make this temporary building into a permanent building while at the same time giving no guarantees on when any actual terminal enlargement will begin.
Well Leeds City Council now is your time to stand your ground (or there was never any point in you selling LBA). The temporary check in hall B building should only be kept standing if a proper terminal expansion is begun in the next 6 months.
The recession is over so why are B757s being parked on the taxiways? Why no building of extra aircraft stands in the last 8 years?
MAN, BHX, BRS, NCL, EDI, LCY etc etc all growing fast so can the recession really be still trotted out as an excuse?
LBA is in the wrong location, it is very poorly connected, it has too short a runway, it has a runway perpendicular to prevailing wind, it has an obstruction at the end of one runway, it has a valley at the end of one runway, it is the highest above sea level civil airport in Britain and is frequently affected by weather, it has very little flat land to develop.
Leeds City Council polish and polish and polish as much as you like it's time you gave the people of Leeds and Yorkshire something a little less temporary.