Wishlist and Predictions for 2024

[a300boy]

It might be possible when the technology moves on ! Too late for me but you young ones might see it happen.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Quite a bit. It's not so much the hill, it's the impact on the ILS glideslope and the fact that the CAA won't approve Cat 3 with the necessary 3.5 degree glideslope. I presume they have similar issues, or worse, at many airports surrounded by hills , mountains or tall buildings. In the UK , London City springs to mind.

Bristol only has Cat3b on its westerly runway (27). I'm told by those who know that the topography on the approach to the reciprocal easterly runway (09) might lead to false readings.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Quite a bit. It's not so much the hill, it's the impact on the ILS glideslope and the fact that the CAA won't approve Cat 3 with the necessary 3.5 degree glideslope. I presume they have similar issues, or worse, at many airports surrounded by hills , mountains or tall buildings. In the UK , London City springs to mind.

last December I was at the O2 arena in London, its quite a sight watching the turboprops and small jets descending over the big canary wharf towers, to the side of the O2 then disappear behind other buildings as they land.

 

[A400]

I wish the Emirates A380 will come to Leeds.

(never gonna happen I know but it’s a thought 😉

 

[AirBingley]

I think the first one has to be a positive decision on the new terminal and work commences - surely with Cop out of the way and the integrated transport strategy being published the time has come for action?

 

[752]

an effing terminal.....!!!!! (new one, not the extension)

 

[twevsmiff]

Ok lets stir up a hornets nest -

A brand new "Greater Leeds International Airport" build between Whinmoor and Thorner
Lots of flat land to built a 10.000' runway, aligned East/West so not as much problem with crosswinds
CAT 3 ILS on both ends of runway, parallel taxiway and ground radar.
New state of the air terminal and tower
Parking stands for up to 50 aircraft
Aircraft enthusiasts viewing area with cafe with free parking
Large maintenance base for Jet2 and Fixed Based Operator with modern handling facilities and engineering/maintenance

Access road built out to M1, The orbital road connected from the West.
Railway station connected to the Leeds/York line near Crossgates with direct services to Manchester and Bradford via Leeds, also via York to all points North
Then we...................................

Sorry must finish now the nurse says its time to put my staritjacket beck on.
.

 

[White Heather]

New terminal approval first and foremost, though when it would get built is another matter altogether.

The return of BA to Heathrow, any operator who fancies it to Islamabad, Turkish to Istanbul and someone, ANYONE to realise the potential here and base a few airframes for regular scheduled services around the UK, Ireland and .Europe.

That means our new recently recruited Aviation Development Director doing what she is there for. The wait for a new operator into LBA, or any new routes that are not either Jet2 or Ryanair has gone on long enough!

Oh, I would also like our excuse for an MP to just do one. He and his chums are wailing today about lack of investment in the railways impacting the economy of the city and region, yet they object to the terminal and do exactly the same themselves. Total hypocrites the lot of them!

 

[A400]

Well here’s my list:

Remove GALBA from the spotlight and those that do anything to stop the airport succeeding.

More routes to places such as Germany

Some longhaul flights

A London link

The terminal to get approval

Jet2 to base an A330

Remove any MPS that hate LBA from office such as Sonel, Reeves, that Richard feller and the other ones against as they don’t have any interest in Leeds or Yorkshire

Ryanair to offer more routes and base the 3rd aircraft back ideally a 737-max

Eastern to be more reasonable with pricing

 

[Bigman]

Being more realistic, an express bus to Leeds and a reinstated bus service to York.

 

[XEROX]

- Terminal approved
- BA to London route reinstated
- Emirates A350 / 787 (although likely 2023/24)
- Business routes to Europe.
- Routers to Turkey and Egypt

 

[XEROX]

New terminal approval first and foremost, though when it would get built is another matter altogether.

The return of BA to Heathrow, any operator who fancies it to Islamabad, Turkish to Istanbul and someone, ANYONE to realise the potential here and base a few airframes for regular scheduled services around the UK, Ireland and .Europe.

That means our new recently recruited Aviation Development Director doing what she is there for. The wait for a new operator into LBA, or any new routes that are not either Jet2 or Ryanair has gone on long enough!

Oh, I would also like our excuse for an MP to just do one. He and his chums are wailing today about lack of investment in the railways impacting the economy of the city and region, yet they object to the terminal and do exactly the same themselves. Total hypocrites the lot of them!

Nicola McMullan? wasn't she also an account manager at MAG? i think she looked after Singapore Airlines

 

[White Heather]

Nicola McMullan? wasn't she also an account manager at MAG? i think she looked after Singapore Airlines

Think that's her. She was certainly at MAN before coming here. I can't check the name as all LBA press releases after January 2021, including the one about her appointment, have been removed from the LBA website, which is rather odd frankly !

 

[CM.]

as many of them have already had a mention I will list these two.

New terminal approval

A new airline to start a completely new route from LBA

 

[a300boy]

I see Tee Side has a new lady manager from Manchester too.

 

[tonysmith]

New long haul routes to Bradford Halifax and York
That’s about as far afield we will get with what’s going on in the world at the moment
New terminal will help

 

[Len Fish]

Yorkshire Airlines with Captain Boycott to return to LBA so we can all have a good laugh.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Surprised no one has mentioned easyjet yet! 2 or 3 aircraft based at lba operating to some of the guaranteed seat filler destinations but also some new destinations such as lisbon, iceland and athens.
And yes i will say it again, a new terminal!

 

[airforced]

Being more realistic, an express bus to Leeds and a reinstated bus service to York.

Talk to Tracey about that. She surely will get ON BOARD and DRIVE that one forward not needing any further REQUESTS from anyone.

 

[White Heather]

Talk to Tracey about that. She surely will get ON BOARD and DRIVE that one forward not needing any further REQUESTS from anyone.

Not sure she would. She clearly doesn't want to be seen to be encouraging people to fly from their local airport. Heaven forbid!

Is it just me that thinks that already she seems to be just a puppet for the five anti airport Labour MPs who had the rug pulled from under their feet good and proper yesterday by BJ. They had all their eggs in the rail basket but BJ just cut the bottom out of that basket.