The simple reason LBA has underperformed commensurate with its catchment area and wealth profile can be summed up in 3:
Lack of investment
Location
The magnetism that Manchester Airport has on the Yorkshire travelling population
Excellent summary of the proposed summer schedule LBASpotter. Thanks for sharing.
When the data is displayed in this form , what stands out is how little variety there is in airlines, aircraft types and the balance of holiday / weekend breaks vs business flights. It's astonishing to think we...
As someone who loves the white stuff (snow) , it's sad to see what I would of thought was the season's first LS ski flight to Geneva still showing on FR24.
Dublin will return to full service as and when demand dictates. This will be augmented by services from possibly 2 x unknown UK airports. The future success of the LBA feed will be dependent on pricing, timing and having a USP i.e. US pre-clearance @ Dublin.
It make perfect business sense for EI. The airline has the equipment and the crew already and could be moving to an airport with excellent potential. This is based on a catchment area of 22m, has a legacy record of excellent loads to the USA and recently lost an two airline partner to that part...
Looks like the Belfast arrival and departure has been re-timed to 11:10 - 11:40 on Wednesday so no scheduled departures after that. That should make staff resourcing a lot easier.
I was reading that WIZZ's 239-seat A321neo aircraft will create 10% cost advantage over Ryanair's 197-seat 737 Max's (whenever they actually start flying), making them the lowest cost operator in Europe. Analysts are also foresting that WIZZ will emerge a clear winner from the COVID-19 pandemic...
I was told unofficially that the LBA route was heavily reliant on Transatlantic connections as this was where the majority of the yield for the route came from. Until such times that this market is re-instated and the aviation industry returns to normalized levels, I would not be too positive of...
Blimey - so Leeds only has seasonal Jersey and Guernsey and Southampton as domestic routes. Surely MME must now has more destinations on offer than LBA!
The LBA Commercial Team really do have their work cut-out to redress the balance here.
There you go :
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/empowered-leeds-bradford-airport-essential-yorkshire-and-we-must-back-it-full-mark-casci-2871071
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