LJLA celebrates 90 years of operations Tomorrow will be the 90th anniversary of the opening of Liverpool Airport and to celebrate, a number of activities will be taking place across the Airport throughout the day. It was on 1 July 1933 that the Airport was officially opened with Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the Secretary of State for Air, declaring the Airport officially open at a grand civic ceremony, followed by one of the largest civil air displays seen at the time. Tomorrow’s celebrations will include the placing of a time capsule in the terminal, to be opened in 2058 on the Airport’s 125th Anniversary, a big birthday cake in the Departure Lounge with cupcakes for passengers to enjoy, whilst listening to a birthday DJ who’ll be...
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have today announced that Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) will become their newest base, with the launch of their award-winning flights and holidays from Liverpool for Summer 2024. The UK’s largest tour operator and third-largest airline have today put 20 sunshine destinations on sale for Summer '24 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, in response to enormous demand from customers and independent travel agents across the region. The programme includes seven destinations that are exclusive to Jet2.com and Jet2holidays from Liverpool. The first Jet2.com flight from the airport will depart on 28th March 2024, perfectly timed for the Easter holidays! In their first summer of operations from Liverpool...
PLAY gets underway at LJLA Liverpool John Lennon Airport welcomed its newest airline today with the arrival from Reykjavik of the first flight to and from Liverpool by new Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY. PLAY now link Liverpool direct to Reykjavik for the first time and also offer passengers seamless connections onto their USA destinations including Washington, Boston and New York. To celebrate the airline’s first arrival at LJLA and the start of this latest new service, the Airport’s Fire and Rescue Service performed its traditional aircraft ‘baptism’ as the PLAY aircraft taxied towards the terminal building. Flights now operate on Mondays and Fridays using the carrier’s fleet of brand-new 180-seat Airbus A320neos, one of the...
Why Liverpool Airport is running smoothly as delays and chaos hit other airports - plus LJLA travel advice “We are not experiencing problems here.” While travel chaos and delays have hit a number of airports and airlines across the UK, flights have continued to run relatively smoothly from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA). In fact, the travel hub has warned passengers against turning up extra early for flights as that is ‘more likely to cause a queue than to avoid it’. So, with even more travellers taking advantage of the increased flights from Liverpool following the airline’s summer schedules, how has LJLA avoided the disruption affecting airports such as nearby Manchester? Paul Staples, operations director at Liverpool John...
Lufthansa’s global link takes off from LJLA Lufthansa’s new service to Frankfurt took off from Liverpool John Lennon Airport early this morning bringing the return of global connectivity for the Airport and the City Region for the first time in over 10 years. Lufthansa flight LH968 from Frankfurt touched down shortly after 8:00am to receive the traditional airport welcome for inaugural flights with a water arch aircraft baptism performed by the Airport’s Rescue and Fire Fighting service as the aircraft taxied over to the terminal building. This was followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony at the aircraft steps ahead of the departure to Frankfurt performed by Lufthansa’s Senior Director Sales Northern Europe Lufthansa Group, Heinrich...
£2m being invested in new passenger facilities as LJLA gears up for a busier summer season £2m being invested in new passenger facilities as LJLA gears up for a busier summer season Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) expects a much busier summer this year as it continues its recovery from the covid pandemic and a £2m investment is now underway to introduce new passenger facilities that will also create a further 200 jobs at the airport. With flights to over 60 destinations across Europe and the UK operating from Liverpool this summer, plus onward connections to a host of global destinations with the new Lufthansa Frankfurt service starting in May, passenger numbers at the airport are expected to be the highest since 2019...
PLAY time for LJLA as new connection to Iceland and USA announced PLAY time for LJLA as new connection to Iceland and USA announced Liverpool John Lennon Airport is delighted to announce its newest airline partner PLAY – an Icelandic low-cost carrier, which will link Liverpool to Reykjavik for the first time, with seamless connections also available to their USA services including New York, Boston, Washington and Orlando. Flights are set to commence from Liverpool on 4th November 2022, operating on Mondays and Fridays using the carrier’s fleet of brand-new Airbus neo family aircraft. The service gives Liverpool, the wider North West and North Wales passengers the chance to book affordable flights to PLAY’s transatlantic...
( post from Warrington Chamber of Commerce ) Ryanair launch five new routes from LJLA THIS week has seen Ryanair commence flights to 5 new destinations from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) as the airline starts its Winter 2021/22 schedule and continues the Airport’s post-covid recovery, offering the region’s travellers a wider choice of destinations from Liverpool. Ryanair has this week launched new twice-weekly services to Milan Bergamo in Italy, Paris Beauvais in France, Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden, Tallinn in Estonia and Sibiu in Romania. These new direct flights and the recent relaxing of travel restrictions with the move to cheaper lateral flow covid tests for passengers, gives travellers from across the North West and...
easyJet adds new domestic route from LJLA with flights to Bournemouth easyJet adds new domestic route from LJLA with flights to Bournemouth easyJet have today announced a new route from Liverpool for this Summer with a twice weekly flight to Bournemouth on the south coast, commencing in July 2021 as part of the airline’s UK Summer 2021 schedule. Whilst international travel continues to be limited due to restrictions remaining in place, this new service will enable the region’s travellers to take advantage of a break to the south coast, with flights departing from Liverpool on Saturdays and Wednesdays from 10th July throughout the summer season until late October. Seats go on sale today with fares starting from £22.99 one way per...

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