Leeds-7
 

Flybe are to switch the Leeds-Newquay route around to be operated by Newquay based Embraer 175 on Monday, Wednesday & Friday commencing from September 3rd. Meanwhile The Sunday service continues to be operated by Belfast City based Dash 8-Q400.

MON,WED,FRI
BE754 = NQY 15:05 - LBA 16:05
BE753 = LBA 16:35 - LBA 17:40
SUN
BE731 = BHD 09:00 - LBA 10:00 / BE753 = LBA 10:25 - NQY 11:40
BE754 = NQY 12:25 - LBA 13:40 / BE734 = LBA 14:05 - BHD 15:05

"This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning."

Demand at LBA will fall back towards natural demand as inducement under the previous owners is reduced. Expect the passenger numbers to flatline at best and could easily enter negative territory in 2018. We have seen this same principle at Prestwick, Blackpool and Teesside to name but a few airports. In the next two years we will see why no extra apron has been constructed.

It is an extremely exciting time for the Yorkshire and North East region.

Just to add to the NQY-LBA comment above. This mustn’t be the E95 operating the route as BE currently only “base” one aircraft at NQY and that’s an E95 not 75.

Off the top of my head those timings would also fit with the route being operated between the 2nd and 3rd daily LGW rotations.

So quite a capacity hike on the route.

But the E195s are leaving the fleet and E175 replacing them.

So a date has been set ?

I believe they will be gone by 2020 with 1 left by summer 2019. Whether that plan has changed i don't know.

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Thank you.

Well LBA is definitely still growing year on year, that is a fact!
It has been confirmed today that the airport broke the 4 million passenger figure for the first time with 4,078,069 passengers passing through the terminal during the 12 months of 2017..

Anyone see the new chief exec on Look North?

Claims he wants to double passenger numbers and get someone like Emirates in there.

The journey to and from the airport will be a right laugh if he manages to achieve it. I'm sure all of Yorkshire are waiting with baited breath to spend 15 hours crawling through Horsforth to take advantage.

We all know about the surface access issues and the road plans which will not be solved by the airport. Any thoughts on what would have to happen inside the fence to cater for 7 million and whether the new owners are any better placed for capital than Bridgepoint?

Airlines, Airports, and Routes. If RAC routeplanner is of more interest to certain individuals then go and use that site. If you want to set up a website devoted to roads around Leeds with barely a tenuous link to the airport, then go and do it. This thread is on probation, and once again it is Airlines, Airports and Routes on the Professional Pilots Rumour Network. Either this thread gets back on focus or it goes.

No Thomas Cook Airlines Base
 

Apologies if already posted in a previous thread - But has there been confirmation that the planned Thomas Cook Airlines base for the summer is no longer going ahead?

The only flights now showing for the Thomas Cook holiday group are - PMI operated by Air Europa and both AYT and DLM operated by Thomas Cook Airlines on a W-pattern.

The planned based unit was originally expected to operate the following;

Leeds/Bradford – Antalya eff 03MAY18 2 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Dalaman eff 05MAY18 2 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Enfidha eff 01MAY18 2 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Larnaca eff 02MAY18 1 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Mahon 25MAY18 – 05OCT18 1 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Palma Mallorca 24MAY18 – 01OCT18 2 weekly A320
Leeds/Bradford – Tenerife South eff 29MAY18

And the downward spiral continues.

So after only operating the route for 4 months since taking it over from Jet2, it looks as though Flybe are to axe the 6x weekly LBA-DUS route as from March 18th as the route is no longer on sale.

The LBA-BHD service is also to being reduced from 29x weekly to 23x weekly. Losing both the weekday mid morning and Friday evening rotations.

The PSO service between LBA-NQY has a reduced schedule from 5x weekly last summer down to 3x weekly this summer 18.

LBA-DUS still available on the Flybe website for random dates looked at in July, October and end of March.
Might have been a glitch on their website as when I went on this morning no destinations from anywhere were showing on the drop down list.

Yeah understand LBA-DUS dissappeared due to a so called "systems error" on Flybe's website. At least it's back sale and not another loss.

Is this really a PSO?

Well LBA-NQY was one of a few service's that was made possible under the UK Government’s "Regional Air Connectivity Fund" The subsidy lasts for 3 years see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/n...-uk-and-europe

W18 flights to NQY showing as operating 3 x weekly from 28OCT18

BE753 LBA 13:25 NQY 14:40 DH4 7
BE753 LBA 13:50 NQY 15:05 DH4 2
BE753 LBA 16:15 NQY 17:25 E95 5

BE754 NQY 14:40 LBA 15:45 E95 5
BE754 NQY 15:05 LBA 16:20 DH4 7
BE754 NQY 15:30 LBA 16:45 DH4 2

OK - so start up support, and not a PSO as such.

BE
 

Flybe are swinging the axe across their network as they carry out a structured plan to reduce fleet size and unprofitable flying. Many routes from all bases see frequency cuts this summer and next winter will be the same.

New for S18 are Dubrovnik, Antalya and Verona with TUI.

Verona to be operated by Neos.

Jet2 Summer 2019 flights now on sale

Yeap 45 of the current 47 summer routes currently offered are on sale for Summer 2019 but for some reason both Murcia and Berlin routes are un-bookable after April 29th. I Hope the both haven't been given axe?

Murica is dropped as airport is closing

Press release now on the Jet2 website.

https://www.jet2.com/News/49_destinations_from_Leeds_Bradford_for_Summer_19/

Murcia airport may be closing, but Corvera, just down the road, is opening the following day, so Ryanair could have carried on flying to the area.

Corvera doesn't suit Jet2 like Murcia did. It's in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of a no fly zone. and to get round it, requires a diversion around Almeria (LEI). They tried reducing flights in favour of ALC for 2015/2016. Maybe this is the kick they need to ditch the region and push everything up the road to ALC.

Jet2 are adding 3 new routes from Leeds for summer 2019 to Bourgas, Crete-Chania & Izmir all operating 1x weekly using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Jet2's 49th route from LBA for summer 2019 is now on sale. Looks like a it's a direct replacement for Murcia San Javier.

Murcia Corvera = 3x weekly Mon, Wed & Fri

ABZ
 

Can't see any LBA-ABZ flights on sale after 3 June. Unless a system error or update in progress, looks like LBA's last remaining Scotland service is going.

If Eastern/FlyBe is going to can Aberdeen it might be worth giving Edinburgh or Glasgow a crack instead.

Thomas Cook Holidays are to open new route from Leeds to Tunisia for summer 2019
Flights will operate once weekly on Wednesday by Tunisian airline Nouvelair using Airbus A320.

Are the RAF returning to Yeadon?

As LBA has announced on its social media accounts today that its hosting a week long Military exercise between May 11th and 18th, with aircraft from the UK and overseas operating at the airport.

Leeds has always been used as a training base, but normally it's just flyovers, or touch-and-go's. I wouldn't expect any different. Nice to see the A400's again though
Just imagining the headlines now if a jet goes supersonic, sending t' good ol' Yorkshire folk into a tizz

Interesting article about a potential for LBA-FRA
Leeds Bradford-Frankfurt is "Skyscanner Unserved Route of the Week" with 22,000 searches
With the 'recent' drop in frequency to LHR and AMS/CDG being quite static, might be a decent shot to bring in new hub capacity

Jet2 have just announced a new once weekly ski route to Turin. Fights will operate on Saturdays starting from December 22nd 2018.

Departure lounge re-worked
 

Our local rag has a column about the re-working of the departure lounges and how the MD is up to his old tricks trying to get pax from the DTVA area. Comments are closed on the rag so the locals cannot rant about the lack of flights from DTVA and who wants to drive to LBA in the morning.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/busine...leeds-14885856

Nothing at all wrong with DL coaxing Teesside-area passengers into using Leeds Bradford. Realistically, these passengers are highly unlikely to be able to get the flight they want from Teesside and DL is probably less likely to be encouraging them to use Newcastle. So, LBA it is. Obvious really.