Liverpool John Lennon - General Thread

[Silvercity]

Landmark contract win for regional airport advertiser
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Business news

Liverpool John Lennon Airport has appointed regional airport advertising firm Eye Airports to sell both traditional and digital assets.

Harrogate based Eye Airports is a market leader in UK regional airport advertising and has the advertising and promotional rights for 20 UK regional airports, including Liverpool, Newcastle, Bristol, Exeter, Inverness, Derry, Humberside, Newquay and the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

The contract with Liverpool John Lennon Airport is projected to generate more than £2.5m in advertising and sponsorship revenues and expected to attract both world renowned brands and market leading regional companies specifically wanting to connect with the millions of passengers that use the airport annually.

Rachel Davies, Managing Director of Eye Airports, said: “We are delighted to have secured such a landmark contract with Liverpool Airport, one of the UK’s leading regional international travel hubs.


{Exert from Businessdesk.com}

 

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[The Pole]

Hi,
Can anyone provide me with the ATIS information for the early hours of Wednesday morning 27/10 around 4am
I am particularly interested in the wind speed and direction.

Thanks

 

[Scottie Dog]

Hopefully this will help:

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[The Pole]

Thanks

 

[Silvercity]

A service at the airport yesterday commemorate Armistice Day.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1458734283028418564

 

[Silvercity]

amazing photo on Liverpool Twitter

We've had a week of incredible sunsets and sunrises over Liverpool John Lennon Airport, and here's a snap of another one, courtesy of Ramp Agent, Jono Hall.

 

[Silvercity]

Just noticing while im out cycling a Herculese doing circuits , presumably training.

 

[Silvercity]

There appears to be a group of councillors within Liverpool City Council who do not want to see any further expansion at Liverpool Airport.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

There appears to be a group of councillors within Liverpool City Council who do not want to see any further expansion at Liverpool Airport.

That seems to be the case with most airports these days.

I wonder if in the years to come society will look back and regard this attitude as short-sightedness in the way that we now view the 'Beeching Axe' and the widespread dismantling of tram networks pre and post World War 2.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Further to my last post, I note a lengthy current discussion regarding LPL taking place in another aviation website forum.

The suggestion in that discussion that the airport has plans for a runway extension seems to be untrue but is there anything in the talk of a 'history' between Aer Lingus and the airport?

Given Liverpool's close historical connections with Ireland there must be a lot of demand for traffic between the Merseyside area and the island of Ireland.

 

[Silvercity]

That seems to be the case with most airports these days.

I wonder if in the years to come society will look back and regard this attitude as short-sightedness in the way that we now view the 'Beeching Axe' and the widespread dismantling of tram networks pre and post World War 2.

The agenda often seems to be from those who are not that well informed. Whilst the environment is of course of huge concern, aviation is changing due to that very reason. Better to work with it, than knee jerk.

 

[Silvercity]

new £2m investment into passenger facilities at Liverpool John Lennon Airport will see the creation of 200 jobs. Tony McDonough reports

Liverpool John Lennon Airport departure lounge. Picture by Tony McDonough


Liverpool John Lennon Airport is to invest £2m into its passenger facilities in a move that will see the creation of 200 new jobs.

LJLA will this year see its busiest summer season since before the pandemic in 2019 with flights to more than 60 destinations. May will see the launch of the new Lufthansa Frankfurt service that will offer a host on onward global destinations.

Airlines such as easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air will start their summer schedules at the end of March and work is well under way across parts of the airport terminal to enhance the shopping and dining experience for both departing and arriving passengers.

In the departure lounge, airport food and beverage operator SSP, which already operates a range of units to cater for passengers at the airport, will shortly be opening a new Upper Crust freshly baked baguette specialist store.

READ MORE: Lufthansa Liverpool route offers global access

READ MORE: Huge cost of halting airport expansion

Fashion sports retailer JD Sports is upgrading and expanding its unit to offer a wider range of goods. Popular high street bakery chain Greggs will shortly be opening a store at the airport for the first time, with a unit near the arrivals area along with a new WHSmith unit that includes a Marks & Spencer’s Food To Go offer for the first time.

Anumber of existing retailers will be re-opening in time for the Easter holiday period and the increase in flights. These include designer clothing retailer Traveller and restaurant brand Frankie and Benny’s, as well as several other food and beverage areas.

Bakery chain Greggs is opening a unit at Liverpool John Lennon Airport


LJLA will also be introducing an enhanced parking offer for passengers with a new ‘Meet and Greet’ valet parking facility, enabling passengers to drop off their vehicles close to the terminal. Airport staff will park their car for them on site at the airport and then returning them ready for collection when passengers return.

These new facilities will create a further 200 jobs at the airport, which is in addition to over 200 vacancies that a host of employers at the airport recently filled, following a recruitment day held in January, attended by more than 750 people.

Lucy O’Shaughnessy, LJLA’s commercial director said: “It’s great to be opening units back up again and adding some fantastic new brands to the mix including Greggs and Upper Crust and we are really looking forward to welcoming back our regular passengers and hopefully many new ones too.

“These great new additions combined with the return of many of our popular existing shopping and food and drink areas will mean passengers have an even greater choice of quality passenger facilities in time for Easter and the summer season ahead, here at the region’s faster, easier, friendlier airport.”


{Article from Liverpool Business News )

 

[lfc84]

It would be helpful if there was a machine at the airport to top up / purchase Saveaway ticket on the Metrocard (aka Walrus).
Since the Spar closed, they took the Paypoint terminal out and the new store in arrivals (WH Smith) doesn't have a Paypoint machine.

 

[Silvercity]

It would be helpful if there was a machine at the airport to top up / purchase Saveaway ticket on the Metrocard (aka Walrus).
Since the Spar closed, they took the Paypoint terminal out and the new store in arrivals (WH Smith) doesn't have a Paypoint machine.

Yes it would, a machine would bem useful also for people to buy bus/ rail tickets. You can do that online but you still need a ticket for the bus. I'm not up to speed on what the city region mayor is doing but I understand he wants a London style transport system where you can use your debit card.

 

[lfc84]

You can't buy a Saveaway online

 

[Silvercity]

You can't buy a Saveaway online

I don't think Merseyrail accept digital tickets yet either, which is frustrating.

 

[CM.]

Cheeky dig by Liverpool airport social media team

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504452115032264706

 

[LS@MAN]

Cheeky dig by Liverpool airport social media team

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504452115032264706

Yes, couldn't help but smirk at that tweet!

However, I don't personally fly from Liverpool often as Manchester offers more variety in terms of destinations.
I've seen a lot of the tweets recently that Liverpool have put out ref the new Lufthansa service and how you can fly to lots of places with a one stop in Frankfurt, e.g. Santorini...if I want to fly there (like I did last October, 3hrs 30mins on average), then I would fly direct with 2/3 of the airlines from Manchester that offer the service.

I wish Liverpool and Lufthansa well with the new service though, I'm personally confident enough that they can make it work from both North West airports.

 

[CM.]

I agree I think Lufthansa will be a success from both MAN and LPL.