Media portray Leeds Bradford airport unfairly.

[leedslad]

I thought it was 150Million?

That was for the brand new terminal proposal that got scrapped.

I actually thought the expansion was much less (£25m)

Revival in air travel gives airport construction work a lift

Airports across the UK embark on expansion and renovation projects, providing good opportunities for new airport construction contracts, reports Glenigan.

specificationonline.co.uk

 

[LBAYORKIE]

BBC website article- now with added comments from GALBA relevant to the 'alleged' 5m pax per annum limit


BBC News - Multi-million pound Leeds Bradford Airport regeneration work to start

Multi-million pound Leeds Bradford Airport regeneration work to start

The Leeds Bradford Airport work will start by the end of 2023 and will mark a "new era", owners say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Aviador]

The BBC are at it again, or at least Spencer Stokes is. Even some positive news today and he has to mention GALBA If it were Doncaster there would be no mention of climate change whatsoever. It's clear the group that shall not be named dress themselves as whatever suits their agenda for the day. Night flying and noise one minute, the climate the next.

 

[JRP]

BBC website article- now with added comments from the group that shall not be mentioned relevant to the 'alleged' 5m pax per annum limit


BBC News - Multi-million pound Leeds Bradford Airport regeneration work to start

Multi-million pound Leeds Bradford Airport regeneration work to start

The Leeds Bradford Airport work will start by the end of 2023 and will mark a "new era", owners say.

www.bbc.co.uk

He can’t help him self Spencer stokes getting a bit in from the clown group

 

[LBAYORKIE]

He can’t help him self Spencer stokes getting a bit in from the clown group

Tonights Look North was a balanced report in my opinion.

 

[JRP]

Tonights Look North was a balanced report in my opinion.

Sorry I meant from the article on BBC website which managed to get a mention from the clown group, TV report was pretty good considering it was Spencer

 

[White Heather]

Tonights Look North was a balanced report in my opinion.

Except the reference made to LCC not having approved 7m passengers which clearly came from the Unmentionables . I bet he didn't ask Vincent Hodder about that and just chucked it in on the report as a favour to his mates . The airport isn't subject to a passenger limit. There's no reference to it in any planning approval that I can see.

I noticed Itv Calendar news didn't even mention it at all. Clearly a £100m local investment bringing hundreds of jobs isn't important enough to make the local news!!

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Sorry I meant from the article on BBC website which managed to get a mention from the clown group, TV report was pretty good considering it was Spencer

I realise that's what you meant, no problem.

 

[leedslad]

Mr Stokes did a good news story once East Coast passenger numbers reached pre COVID levels. Eagerly anticipating the same once LBA achieves the same.

 

[White Heather]

Mr Stokes did a good news story once East Coast passenger numbers reached pre COVID levels. Eagerly anticipating the same once LBA achieves the same.

You must be an optimist!

 

[airforced]

I'm afraid I stopped watching and listening to the BBC (Look North Leeds edition) as my main regional news channel some time ago and switched to GB News which I find to be more balanced. BBC News is not balanced and hasn't been for some considerable time. Yes I accept that every channel has something of an agenda and is unbalanced to some extent but the BBC is not at all balanced, as they ought to be and as their Charter dictates. They give no indication of changing their ways either.

Question? Is it Spencer Stokes or is it his Editor? If it is Stokes then his Editor is to blame. The answer he recently gave to one of the F4A readers who wrote complaining was a load of rubbish which we suspected anyway. Last night he appears to be at it again.

 

[Finger66]

Stokes by name and stokes by nature...........

 

[Aviador]

Of course there is an agenda. We know for a fact every time Doncaster airport is covered by the BBC there is no mention of noise or climate change. The polar opposite of news stories associated with LBA where every positive news story has a negative slant. The group that shall not be named are routinely quoted almost like a fact checking service despite them making it all up.

 

[752]

What is the group that shall not be named stance on DSA potential reopening? Surely it would be their best interest to do everything possible to try prevent this, like they do with every other airport? Love to see them and the vultures on the #SaveDSA page have it out, be a very entertaining read and a factless one at that.

 

[Aviador]

Another fact checking service for the BBC #SaveDSA

 

[White Heather]

What is the group that shall not be named stance on DSA potential reopening? Surely it would be their best interest to do everything possible to try prevent this, like they do with every other airport? Love to see them and the vultures on the #SaveDSA page have it out, be a very entertaining read and a factless one at that.

Given they're a bunch of self centred NIMBYs, they'd be delighted if DSA re-opened as it would potentially reduce growth at LBA in their eyes. They will have been gutted when it closed and LBA took on Wizz. Just like Mr Stokes' probably.

 

[Aviador]

I wouldn't put it past some members of the group that shall not be named having joint membership with #SaveDSA

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Of course there is an agenda. We know for a fact every time Doncaster airport is covered by the BBC there is no mention of noise or climate change. The polar opposite of news stories associated with LBA where every positive news story has a negative slant. The group that shall not be named are routinely quoted almost like a fact checking service despite them making it all up.

Out of interest, is there anything along the lines of a 'Friends of LBA' group? If there is, surely the media should also give time to the views of a pro-LBA lobby. If there's not such a group, would it be worth starting one?

 

[752]

The save DSA page now has posted about our expansion on their page. Not sure what it has to do with DSA? But obviously the airport is now getting a bashing. Which isn’t fair on LBA and peoples baseless points which they think are true.

King Chadwick posted in the past about no bashing other airports but has approved this post, obviously knowing it will rile up the glory DSA lifers

They think the world ow them DSA and LBA with 4million pax shouldn’t exist when DSA scraps over 1million should be superior. It’s comical.

 

[LBA4EVER]

The fact is at the end of the day LBA this week has announced 100million pounds of infrastructure and expansion plans for its terminal and apron, the airport has seen an amazing increase in passengers now upto the 13th busiest uk airport during aug according to the figures, taken on the wizz and tui flights from DSA plus other new routes so the media, bbc, girly voice stokes can say what they want but sod them with their negative crap of LBA!