After almost 10 years at the helm, the public face of Leeds Bradford Airport, Tony Hallwood, has made the decision to step down. Continue reading…
Flying Without Fear course comes to Leeds Bradford Airport
Virgin Atlantic are running a full day course at Leeds Bradford Airport in order to help travellers beat their fear of travelling by plane. The company’s Flying Without Fear programme includes a real flight on a commercial aircraft, lasting about 45 minutes. The course looks to take an informative approach with practical activities, focusing around flying facts and developing methods to help passengers keep calm before a journey. Continue reading…
Remember, remember the 9th of November….
…As the day Leeds saw 6cm of the first winter snow and had to close the airport overnight!
Thankfully, the efforts of the gritters and ploughs meant that the airport reopened around 9am. The weather has caused 2 flights (one of the destinations being Dublin) to be cancelled as well as various delays on arrival and departure flights.
The area of Leeds, more specifically surrounding the cross-Pennine length of the M62, was hit with with a bout of snow which caused a number of minor accidents resulting in dramatically slowed traffic.
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New routes from Ryanair at Leeds Bradford Airport!
The winter schedule from Ryanair has been extended recently at Leeds Bradford Airport. Flights from the budget airline giant will travel to Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, and Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. This is in addition to the recently added destinations of Faro, Alicante, Krakow, Lanzarote and Tenerife and Gran Canaria and Warsaw, Poland (the last pair being on a 2 a week basis.) The overall additions to Leeds Bradford Airport has risen to 15 new routes with 51 new weekly flights.
100 temporary seasonal jobs available at Leeds Bradford Airport.
The owners of Leisure Airline and Jet2.com, based over at the Yeadon Hub, have recently opened over 100 temporary staff positions at Leeds Bradford Airport. In addition to this, they also aim to open 500 more seasonal staff roles for the summer of 2016 across their seven UK Northern bases, as well as several of their European destinations. Along with its neighbouring package service JEt2Holidays, the airline have been aiming to fill roles for it’s 50 holiday destinations which include; Passenger service agents, cabin crew members, baggage handlers and overseas based holiday reps. HR are expected to be swarmed with applications.
Numbers up and losses down at Leeds Bradford
There was good news for Leeds Bradford Airport a few days ago with the announcement that passenger numbers were up and losses down from last year.
Passenger numbers increased by 11% to 3.3 million and this in turn led to increased revenue for the airport in the shape of parking charges and retail income from shops and restaurants.
Leeds Bradford has new route to Southampton
Leeds Bradford Airport has just announced the introduction of a new route due to start in 2014. Eastern Airways, the second largest regional airline in the UK, will be flying three times a day between Leeds Bradford and Southampton on weekdays, as well as offering a Sunday afternoon service.
Not only will the new route benefit people conducting business in Yorkshire or Hampshire, but it will also be convenient for travellers wishing to fly from the north of England to catch a cruise ship leaving from Southampton.
Accolades for smaller airports
The UK’s regional airports have been picking up the accolades recently, proving that as far as air travel is concerned small is definitely beautiful.
Future of ‘illegal’ car park secured
The support of more than 3,500 motorists in Leeds has helped secure the future of a car park previously deemed ‘illegal’ by city councillors.
Sentinel Airport Parking, located in Yeadon, was found to be in breach of planning regulations in September 2010, a discovery that could have resulted in the closure of the car park in as little as five years. However, as of May 2011, a local planning inspectorate has granted the facility’s owner, Austin Hayes, Ltd., a licence to continue operating the Warren House Lane site.
Jet2 plans summer expansion
As part of an ongoing expansion in the North of England, budget carrier, Jet2, is to create an extra 145 summer jobs at its largest hub, Leeds Bradford Airport. The jobs, which include a range of different positions, from flight attendants to baggage handlers, will appear in local newspapers during 2011.