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[harrogate]

Hi

Looks like Jet2 are about to drop both there Valencia and Madrid routes for good. As both destinations have gone missing from there website.

No bookings are been taken for next summer while they have both been removed from the destinations route map.

So we can forget the mammoth expansion plans then as announced last week???

I can see Valencia and Madrid on there.

[lbalad]

According to Jet2, the Madrid flights bookable to 26/10/08,and the Valencia until 02/11/08.

So it would appear that LBIA is correct in assuming these have gone for good next year?.

Anybody any idea if anymore new routes to be announced from LBA or is this it?.

[Johnny [email protected] Pants]

BYALPHA - you're geography appears to be lacking. I doubt the VLC would be dropped due to an FR GRO service, they're nowhere near each other, particularly as we operate a BCN flight which is the service that FR are trying to muscle into.

[Facelookbovvered]

Sadly FR are coming like it or not................we don't even get close to their cost base and that before teh small matter of airframes that are 20 years younger:ee k:

[SWBKCB]

Gerona - Valencia is about as far as London - Newcastle, but at least the Spanish have decent roads...

[perky35]

FR will not do a MAD ? Why ?

Madrid is a Ryanair base, they can use a MAD based aircraft as they do with the east midlands service, therefore no issues with where a based aircraft will park overnight.

There is no real telling what MOL is going to do next, we will just have to wait and see

[RAFAT]

There is no real telling what MOL is going to do next, we will just have to wait and see.

I know what I'd like the little to do next! and it's got nothing to do with routes!

[lbalad]

Building a better airport for you

I see in tonights YEP,members of the public are invited to view proposals for an extension to the terminal at LBIA.

The glamorous locations are;

St Marys Church Hall,Horsforth 4th Nov,5pm-8pm

Yeadon Town Hall,5th Nov 4 30pm-7pm

Morrisons,Yeadon,6th/7th Nov 4 30pm-8pm

I might go have a nosey,if I have nothing else better to do!.

[DispExt]

its usually because people on their phones aren't paying attention to whats going on around them e.g. tugs/lorries driving past. on more than one occasion i've had to physically stop someone walking across the ramp road whilst they were on their phone because they didn't see oncoming traffic. ground handling staff are told no-one should use their phone for this reason and due to 'health and safety' however no further explanation is given, thus why they couldn't give you an explanation

[682ft AMSL]

Consultation starts today on the first phase of the terminal revamp

http://www.lbia.co.uk/pdf/Building%2...nformation.pdf

[lbalad]

Well one thing is for sure,the new terminal extention won't be winning any design awards!.It still looks a mishmash of various bits added on over the years.Not sure about the glass roof part,would imagine it would be akin to sitting in a greenhouse in summer,oh I forgot, we don't have them anymore!.

Still I suppose anything is better than nothing,as the terminal was struggling to cope this year at peak times.For example when I flew in from DUS in July,3 or 4 aircraft arrived together,and the queue for immigration was the full length of the glass walkway,felt myself having a Victor Meldrew "I don't believe it" moment!

[14 loop]

Proposed terminal design

The new frontage features the latest DfT's TranSec thinking on preventing risk/injury from terrorist attack. Glass frontages are out as they pose too much risk; hence the large skylight to get natural light into the building that would otherwise come-in through the frontage. The new setdown/pick-up area with distance and bollards is also designed with this in mind. Looks like the fire station gets swallowed by the development.

[brittania0580]

The Terminal

i like the central part of the terminal that is to be developed,,but i would like to know if they intend to still build a small multi storey car park across from the terminal as i do remember that it was talked about a few years ago and although no extention to the runway,, again i remember that their was talk of a larger turning loop at the start of i think 32 which would have added about 200 metres on to the runway but not classed as a runway extention will there be a good area for viewing for the general public as i feel it would be good as income for the various cafes and the likes maybe similar to dare i say it doncaster

[flybar]

This evenings PIA flight from Islamabad diverted to Manchester!!.
Everything else at LBA has landed and taken off OK.
Technical Issue?

[HOODED]

Believe the METAR for the arrival time was 1400m viz with RVR of 1500m so must have been a technical issue. Shame as thats the first of the ISB flights to be lost since Shaheen/PIA started.

[steve platt]

spoke with pia concerning last nights flight and the reason for divert was due to low viz. no technical issues. pax were coached from leeds to man and from man to leeds. crew had arrived in leeds just before flight got diverted so they were brought back to man to. not a good night for me sorting the coaches out. sooner leeds and pia get cat3b the better!!

[Wellington Bomber]

Dont need Cat3 for that visibility Cat 1 is quite suffice, somebody telling porkies

[Flightrider]

Cat I is sufficient but some operators impose higher than usual minima for Cat I approaches - particularly, in my past experience, those in India and Pakistan! This may be PIA's Cat I minima but not necessarily the airport's stipulated Cat I minima.

[HOODED]

I believe the cloudbase was low despite adequate RVR/Met Viz so this may be the reason. PIA need to get this sorted as all other flights got in ok! I just hope this is not going to be an excuse to move the flight back to MAN.Lets face it Shaheen starting from LBA nicked their pax from the PIA MAN service sort of forced them into LBA when Shaheen had an ac leasing problem. If they hadn't jumped on the LBA/ISB Shaheen would probably have been back showing PIA where their MAN pax were coming from. Or am I being unfair to PIA here?

[galaxy68]

It is possible that the pia captain was new, (though not the best place to send a new capt into), in which case it is normal to have higher limits until they have accrued a certain number of hours in command