Route Development & Rumours

[White Heather]

I’d certainly hope so. It’s been too long without routes to Germany overall let alone Frankfurt/Munich

We've not had Frankfurt since the days of Brown Air on their Gulfstream 1 have we? Incredible really.

 

[Bhowani]

Brownairfrom 1 April 1985. APEX FARES (RETURN) Frankfurt £95. Oslo, the afternoon use of the same plane which I used until it ceased - £129.
They were always full, with the toliet facilities, errm,, basic, but hey!
Where's my violin!?

 

[White Heather]

Brownairfrom 1 April 1985. APEX FARES (RETURN) Frankfurt £95. Oslo, the afternoon use of the same plane which I used until it ceased - £129.
They were always full, with the toliet facilities, errm,, basic, but hey!
Where's my violin!?

At least the toilets weren't outside as on Yorkshire International Airways' ex Monarch Bristol Britannia flown from Leeds International Airstrip by Captain Boycott!

 

[Finger66]

Brown Air of course became Capital Airlines. Certainly needed the loo if the wind got hold of those 360s

 

[Len Fish]

At least the toilets weren't outside as on Yorkshire International Airways' ex Monarch Bristol Britannia flown from Leeds International Airstrip by Captain Boycott!

Outside toilets discharging directly over Guiseley and Yeadon-now THAT would give the residents something to complain about!

 

[Finger66]

They might let it go once or twice but not on the t**d occasion it happens!!

 

[Aviador]

Route Development....

 

[ex_crew]

Looks like Newcastle have just bagged themselves a new carrier - Aegean to Athens - would probably work well from Leeds - connecting all the smaller surrounding Greek islands.

 

[Easy289]

I agree. I find it extraordinary LBA cannot sustain an ATH service with a twice weekly A320 operation.

 

[Aviador]

I'm sure LBA can. Airlines will look at facilities in their current state and say they don't think LBA is suitable. Fingers crossed for some really emaginative work to drag the standards of facilities back up to date.

 

[gulftraveller]

Airport facilities are not very high on an airline’s agenda when looking at potential destinations. Many Greek airports are pretty basic. It’s all about catchment and the economics of a route.

The proximity of MAN sadly counts against LBA and seat only to ATH is not always a gold mine because of the availability of IT flights to major Greek islands.

 

[Aviador]

They shouldn't count but they do. (Terminal facilities) LBA and its 60s terminal are a special case. I believe LBA would better suit an Aegean Athens route than Newcastle. The Manchester effect counts less and less each year as the M62 more resembles a car park than a motorway.

 

[A400]

We have a decent size operation from both Ryanair and Jet2 and yet both of those have large presence at MAN I don’t buy the to close to Manchester card whatsoever an Athens route would work well from LBA along with many other routes.

 

[HX3]

It might help if the airport website destination list was up to date. Of the recent additions only Bucharest has been added. Little things like this are an irritant. The marketing team should be all over things like this to maximise route awareness. All well and good trying to attract routes, but you should keep things up to date for the ones you’ve got.

Route wise, I’m hoping that Play to KEF comes off- all very quiet. I’m also hoping for Cape Verde from Jet2holidays and potentially a return to Egypt. I would also love Eilat-Ramon or Aqaba, but I think those are pushing my luck

 

[White Heather]

It might help if the airport website destination list was up to date. Of the recent additions only Bucharest has been added. Little things like this are an irritant. The marketing team should be all over things like this to maximise route awareness. All well and good trying to attract routes, but you should keep things up to date for the ones you’ve got.

Route wise, I’m hoping that Play to KEF comes off- all very quiet. I’m also hoping for Cape Verde from Jet2holidays and potentially a return to Egypt. I would also love Eilat-Ramon or Aqaba, but I think those are pushing my luck

I wrote to LBA about this and they said that whilst they can remove destinations from the destinations list immediately, adding them isn't straightforward due to some weirdness or other built into the system, which LBA sounded very frustrated about. Somewhat typical of all things to do with the LBA website generally..

 

[HX3]

White Heather, It reads like they need to get a new system, if a simple addition of a destination isn’t an easy thing to do.

Back to route rumours, has anyone heard anything more regarding Play?

 

[Nethercote2019]

There must be a lead time from airline saying they are going to do a route to official announcement for the advertising to be in place, I would of thought … but ?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Having just been 'forced' to book a BA flight to LHR from Manchester (with onward BA connection) I would like some clarity from LBA/BA on the status of the 'suspended' LHR-LBA route.

 

[lbaspotter]

Humm!

I wonder if LBA could be seeing its UK domestic network trippeling in size next summer with a few routes making a welcome return?

Fly-Maybe is the word on the street AGAIN!

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Having just been 'forced' to book a BA flight to LHR from Manchester (with onward BA connection) I would like some clarity from LBA/BA on the status of the 'suspended' LHR-LBA route.

I've heard from several contacts that discussions had taken place regards British Airways and it's suspended LHR-LBA route, but so far nothing has come of them for unexplained reasons.
I was really hopeful with latest update seen as most countries around the world are now reopened after Covid (Not China). But still nothing is showing sadly.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

I've heard from several contacts that discussions had taken place regards British Airways and it's suspended LHR-LBA route, but so far nothing has come of them for unexplained reasons.

Airports are regularly in talks with numerous airlines, but talks don't always result in services. With regard to LHR, as post COVID recovery continues, slots will become more and more valuable. Therefore, airlines will use those slots for routes that provide the highest profits.