Leeds Bradford: General Airport Discussion & Updates

[JRP]

What a brilliant watch. An hour well spent. Thanks for posting.

Anyone who calls themselves a supporter of LBA needs to watch this. It will enable you to get to know what our CEO is about, and what he's doing to give us a seriously good airport over time. It will also confirm quite a few things I've reported from Consultative Meetings in case anyone thinks I make half of it up.

I came away from watching even more convinced that LBA is at last in good hands. The future is bright. Maybe the future is orange too!

Interesting also he mentions a couple of Airlines JetBlue and Saudia
Maybe talks have taken place

 

[752]

Impossible with Ryanair’s tight turn arounds. A canary island is what 9 hours at best so can’t depart at 930 as runways shut, can’t depart earlier as runway for arrival is… shut.

As for Dublin why take the risk? All it takes is a delay here and there suddenly Ryanair have an aircraft out of base, crew out of hours, cancelled flight or diverted eating into any profit a Dublin would bring.

Ryanair are been risk averse. Well done to them.

What risk? a DUB 6AM a quick spin will make it back before the closure. They take the risk with LBA for the night closures nearly every day. Same theory 🙂

I'm simply highlighting a point of the lack of flights during winter Tue/Wed and I know before you mention it again the runway is closed. Other airlines still operate.

 

[lbaspotter]

Ryanair crews based at EMA are on a 5 day working week contract during winter season.
The LBA crews were on the same contracts in the winter until this season.

 

[752]

Interesting comment by Sherburnflyer have FR fallen out with EMA, wonder how their YOY program looks like from there.

 

[rollo]

Ryanair have not fallen out with EMA summer 25 schedule shows a 6 aircraft base operating circa 140 departures a week.including away based flights.

 

[Bob O'JOb]

That's interesting I'd be surprised if any were mainline 🇺🇸 carrier's as they don't even operate outside of London in England.

It'll be Breeze on an A220 to Bradley for a summer, then gone. Plus good to see Greg(g) Wallace making a go of a new career. Additionally, Saudia group, but not Saudia......

 

[The Pole]

Slightly off topic but saw an AWM Skip on the back of a Skip Wagon this morning travelling up the A65 in Horsforth towards the roundabout wearing the LBA logo and Yorkshires Airport wording, LBA are pushing their ad campaign

 

[Bob O'JOb]

Slightly off topic but saw an AWM Skip on the back of a Skip Wagon this morning travelling up the A65 in Horsforth towards the roundabout wearing the LBA logo and Yorkshires Airport wording, LBA are pushing their ad campaign

Advertising campaign? That's the new Ambulift!

 

[Len Fish]

Or one of the new Transdev Flyer buses!

 

[Sputnik1]

Miles Macadam - Transforming Victoria Avenue: Resurfacing Beneath Leeds Bradford Airport's Runway - Highways Industry

Given the road’s unique challenges—where water frequently drains back into the tunnel entrances due to their incline—Miles Macadam was chosen to provide a

www.highwaysindustry.com

Nice little report and video on the resurfacing of Victoria Ave. under the runway

 

[Len Fish]

Wonder if they have any left over to resurface the runway for a knock down price?

 

[Aireman]

There are a lot of negative comments on the dried fruit site about the seating and toilets on the new Jet2 A321s. Anybody with experience of this?

 

[Jetset257]

Flew on a Jet2 A321neo the other week back to Manchester from Las Palmas, having flown out on a 737 from LBA. On first impressions, and my non aviation enthusiast partner even remarked, the cabin feels spacious - wider aisle and less curvature.

However seat pitch is noticeably less than the 737 fleet. I think the rows in front of the overwing exits fare slightly better, but those in the rear are pretty dire.

Often found this to be the case in high density A320/321s, much worse legroom down the back.

The seat back pocket looks poor, with the literature not fitting in to it properly and over spilling out the side of the seat

WCs are also a squeeze. Thankful Jet2 haven’t opened for the SpaceFlex galley..

But yes am in no rush to see the A321neo in LBA from a comfort perspective.

 

[CM.]

There are a lot of negative comments on the dried fruit site about the seating and toilets on the new Jet2 A321s. Anybody with experience of this?

Been in one during one of the training flights at LBA and sat on them. They’re not as good as the 737 seats and legroom is a bit tight if you’re a tall person

 

[White Heather]

View attachment 32029Been in one during one of the training flights at LBA and sat on them. They’re not as good as the 737 seats and legroom is a bit tight if you’re a tall person

I would have thought the standard Jet2 seating would have been installed in the A321s too. What's different?

 

[oldendays]

Thats

View attachment 32029Been in one during one of the training flights at LBA and sat on them. They’re not as good as the 737 seats and legroom is a bit tight if you’re a tall person.

View attachment 32029Been in one during one of the training flights at LBA and sat on them. They’re not as good as the 737 seats and legroom is a bit tight if you’re a tall person

That's C.M. buggered then!

 

[lbaspotter]

I’m hearing lots of bad reports regards the seating/leg room on Jet2’s A321Neo’s

I guess it was always going to happen when trying to cram 232 passengers (high density configuration) onto them?

 

[Len Fish]

Apparently the maximum capacity of the aircraft is 244 passengers with the “cabin flex” option, also known as “misery mode”!

 

[lbaspotter]

By all accounts the is an announcement on May 20th. My guess is that it will be the opening of the terminal extension.

 

[White Heather]

By all accounts the is an announcement on May 20th. My guess is that it will be the opening of the terminal extension.

Wouldn't it be nice if, at the same time, they announced something else too? Like an Easyjet base from 2026. Or a Loganair based aircraft? Or they who shall not be named being declared an illegal pestulence that in future will be totally disregarded.