Leeds Bradford: Ryanair Route News & Base Updates

[LBA4EVER]

Well I have again had a response from LBA re Ryanair today and was told that we should not believe everything we are reading as there is a great deal of misinformation being circulated at present (Fake News) and that LBA are continuing discussions with all pre Covid 19 airline partners regarding recommencement of flying.

Make of that what you will. At least it perhaps explains the absence of any confirmation from Ryanair or LBA, as it seems there is nothing yet to confirm either way. Where there's hope,.........

Like in one of my previous posts we are all thinking negative but maybe something positive is on the way, for a start we did in the end get our massive news! maybe more massive news is on the way?

 

[Jet3]

Thankyou @White Heather for asking the airport hard questions and keeping us imformed. It's much appreciated.

Wait and see what happens eh? I'm sure they'll keep you bang up to date with all that they want you to know.

 

[White Heather]

Wait and see what happens eh? I'm sure they'll keep you bang up to date with all that they want you to know.

Jet3, is sarcasm your middle name by any chance?

 

[SNOWMAN]

Jet3, is sarcasm your middle name by any chance?

no its pratt
sm

 

[Jerry]

Can we keep things civil please.
Thanks.

 

[Heathrowflyer]

In terms of directors and FR news ....has another director at LBA quietly disappeared ...the ops director, Simon whitby, has he been replaced last month?

 

[tomrhodes28]

Ryanair | FY 20 Results

Ryanair's Financial Report if anyone is interested in reading/watching.

 

[lbaspotter]

Just stick it in Google maps and it tells you from your location.

Yeap Google maps is your friend

Leeds City Centre to Manchester Piccadilly. 43.6 miles
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Leeds City Center to Manchester Airport route 1 (Clockwise M60) = 59.9
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Leeds City Center to Manchester Airport route 2 (Anti Clockwise M60) = 57.2 miles
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[Len Fish]

Was it the same person who told you that they didn't have any "massive news" last year?

Jet3 is supposedly a new member so has either been doing a lot of reading of historical posts or has been on here before using a different name.

 

[White Heather]

In terms of directors and FR news ....has another director at LBA quietly disappeared ...the ops director, Simon whitby, has he been replaced last month?

Yes, I believe he retired just before lockdown. We were told he was going at the December meeting but I forgot to include it in my report. Sorry.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Yeap Google maps is your friend

Leeds City Centre to Manchester Piccadilly. 43.6 miles
View attachment 16637

Leeds City Center to Manchester Airport route 1 (Clockwise M60) = 59.9
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Leeds City Center to Manchester Airport route 2 (Anti Clockwise M60) = 57.2 miles
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My estimates were close then ! travelling leeds to Manchester its best to stay on the m62 and come off at Prestwich as its just a straight road in what only takes around 10mins to travel down on a clear run.

 

[Severn]

A look at what is bookable on the Ryanair website shows many routes across all bases have been reduced this coming summer season with bases like SEN, EMA, MAN and LTN all seeing less aircraft required to be based to operate the "new" schedule. Given LBA was only going to be a 1x aircraft base this summer, it would be unfortunate but not entirely surprising if it did not return.

I've also seen members express their surprise at the loss of routes such as DUB, and given its popularity assume that it will return. However, another look at the Ryanair booking engine reveals only 50% of the 32/33x weekly flights from both BHX and MAN are currently bookable in peak summer, therefore showing that the cuts are across the board and even the most popular routes are being reduced.

 

[lbaspotter]

Ryanair to make 336 UK based flight crew redundant.

Ryanair proposes redundancies and pay cuts or the sack ⋆ BALPA ⋆ The Voice of UK Pilots

The Irish airline Ryanair, which recently accepted £600m in funding from the Bank of England, today confirmed that it is proposing to make up to 336 pilots in the UK redundant.

www.balpa.org

 

[LBAYORKIE]

LBA is missing from Ryanair summer 2021 list

RYANAIR has put summer 2021 flights up for sale - but the list does not include any to summer destinations from Leeds Bradford Airport.

www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk

Another negative headline in the local press regarding Ryanair.

 

[Heathrowflyer]

I'm struggling to understand this...and dismayed.

 

[Jerry]

I'm struggling to understand this...and dismayed.

It's possible that they may end up doing what they did at Glasgow and operate certain routes with non based aircraft but it could take time to sort that out.

 

[White Heather]

They all just copy each others reports. Still nothing from LBA or Ryanair to confirm or deny.

 

[IanFarquharson]

Watching MOL's press conference he said bases inc UK are under review and they are talking to airports to achieve deals, he went onto say they would expand at new or existing bases (especially those where they have been affected by other airlines going bust) if deals can be done.
I guess Leeds may not be willing to do a deal or maybe still in negotiation ?
T2 at BHX will have plenty of free stands once all the FlyBe aircraft eventually leave.
So I would hope BHX can strike a deal that would add based units ?
Lets see what the next few weeks bring re LBA

 

[LBA4EVER]

The fact that Ryanair are still waiting for their order of B737 max8 aircraft and that some of their current fleet are coming to the end of their lease might actually be a good thing if the airline is cutting so much capacity, good as in less aircraft parked up but not good for staff. Amazing the reduction been seen though!

 

[IanFarquharson]

They expect to carry 80m pax in nest FY compared to 149m y/e 31.03.20