Leeds Bradford - General Thread

[BCFC]

News article on Runway 1432 Club at LBA

I tried the LBA lounge but my bland breakfast suffered turbulence

'My Leeds Bradford Airport lounge breakfast looked like it had been ejected onto the runway'

www.leeds-live.co.uk

Been there and had it about 4 times now…its ok, just ok and not brilliant. Its £45 which is silly money but I go in with my priority pass plus £10 so its not too bad that way.

 

[ls27]

See Finger66 is getting saucey again

 

[airforced]

I wish I had read that it was from Leeds Live first as I then would have swerved it and not bothered. Anything from them is a load of you know what.

 

[Aviador]

Clowncil

I wish I had read that it was from Leeds Live first as I then would have swerved it and not bothered. Anything from them is a load of you know what.

Indeed, me too. Could just as easily have been the greesy spoon cafe down the road.

 

[Sputnik1]

Fixed ground power works are now underway on Stand 13, in addition to 14. Airport must he happy to operate with 2 stands out of action

 

[Finger66]

Guess things are just going to start quieting down a little now as we head into October tomorrow. Good news all the same re fixed GP though.

 

[pug]

Slightly off topic but I see Rachel Reeves is trumpeting today’s announcement of the expansion and investment in Stansted airport by MAG……the same MP who penned this letter when LBA tried the same….Lets hope she now sees sense and backs the airport in the City she is supposed to represent…. https://westleedsdispatch.com/leeds-west-mp-rachel-reeves-objects-to-new-airport-terminal-plan/

Presumably when she was a local MP in the opposition party trying to show solidarity with people in her constituency. However just look at last weeks DP World issue where the Government quickly distanced themselves from the comments, she’s in a position now where investment programs have to be supported even if it goes against their principles - this will be one of (hopefully) many.

LBA has almost always been shunned by the politicians and local public sector leaders, they think it should be elsewhere. It takes someone to pull £1bn of investment to actually realise that they haven’t the commercial awareness to make logical decisions on things such as airport developments. Other local airports are a prime example of this.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Presumably when she was a local MP in the opposition party trying to show solidarity with people in her constituency. However just look at last weeks DP World issue where the Government quickly distanced themselves from the comments, she’s in a position now where investment programs have to be supported even if it goes against their principles - this will be one of (hopefully) many.

LBA has almost always been shunned by the politicians and local public sector leaders, they think it should be elsewhere. It takes someone to pull £1bn of investment to actually realise that they haven’t the commercial awareness to make logical decisions on things such as airport developments. Other local airports are a prime example of this.

I dont think many in her constituency are interested in environmental issues, nor are they affected by aircraft noise.

 

[Snackbar]

Presumably when she was a local MP in the opposition party trying to show solidarity with people in her constituency. However just look at last weeks DP World issue where the Government quickly distanced themselves from the comments, she’s in a position now where investment programs have to be supported even if it goes against their principles - this will be one of (hopefully) many.

LBA has almost always been shunned by the politicians and local public sector leaders, they think it should be elsewhere. It takes someone to pull £1bn of investment to actually realise that they haven’t the commercial awareness to make logical decisions on things such as airport developments. Other local airports are a prime example of this.

She is still a local MP - MP for the Pudsey constituency. What however is interesting is that (unless I missed it)there has not been a peep from any of the local MPs re the night flights appeal….Sobel normally is the first to normally bleat about the airport and usually doesn’t hesitate to raise his opposition, since the election I’ve not heard anything….
I do wonder if now the problem of getting a growing economy is their problem they’ve change their viewpoint!

 

[airforced]

Whatever she thinks or says it is as well to remember that she is a politician and so the words that come from her mouth today are not likely to be the words that come from her mouth tomorrow! I don't trust her or her ilk for one moment.

 

[Yorkieflyer]

Never trust a politician of any ilk let alone a Red one. Ultimately, sadly, she’s a NIMBY however I’d love her to prove me wrong!

 

[pug]

She is still a local MP - MP for the Pudsey constituency. What however is interesting is that (unless I missed it)there has not been a peep from any of the local MPs re the night flights appeal….Sobel normally is the first to normally bleat about the airport and usually doesn’t hesitate to raise his opposition, since the election I’ve not heard anything….
I do wonder if now the problem of getting a growing economy is their problem they’ve change their viewpoint!

Well certain things can be said in opposition that don’t cut it in office, last weeks DP World comments are a case in point. I’m not going to discuss politics and left vs right red vs blue, it’s a nature of the beast unfortunately.

The Jet2 engagement at the party conference a couple of weeks ago should show that the current Government are open to growth in air travel. I personally think there’s a finite level of demand and we will start to see a plateauing of growth overall in the coming years, but the investment into LBA which I understand is entirely private investment, should be absolutely supported because the market has voted with its feet and LBA is where viable growth in Yorkshire air travel will be so trying to resist it is counter productive.

 

[SierraHotel]

The £1.1bn investment at STN and £1bn at MAN, certainly put LBAs £0.2bn (upto 2030) into perspective.

 

[Finger66]

Yes it does, but both airports are much bigger and handle many more pax than LBA so it's all relative. If we had the space for a 2nd runway (aka the old 10/28) to help with crosswinds I think additional monies would have been spent on that. I though am very happy with investment and development the airport is seeing as I remember what it was like in the late 70's and I know we have forum members who remember before that

 

[HX3]

Sierra hotel if you do the maths on current passenger volumes for each airport, relevant to the investment, the spending is higher per current passenger at LBA. So in relative terms it is just as significant.

 

[pug]

Sierra hotel if you do the maths on current passenger volumes for each airport, relevant to the investment, the spending is higher per current passenger at LBA. So in relative terms it is just as significant.

Totally agree, it’s all relative. Why would anyone want to invest £1.3bn into an airport handling 4-5mppa? Those other airports are huge and like you say, when you look at the passenger figures it’s pretty much equal investment per head anyway.

 

[Len Fish]

Yes it does, but both airports are much bigger and handle many more pax than LBA so it's all relative. If we had the space for a 2nd runway (aka the old 10/28) to help with crosswinds I think additional monies would have been spent on that. I though am very happy with investment and development the airport is seeing as I remember what it was like in the late 70's and I know we have forum members who remember before that

Ah yes, the good old days of the Yeadon Air Show which had to be halted for a few minutes to allow the odd scheduled Viscount to land/take off!

 

[BCFC]

Excellent news for the airport.

Return to pre-tax profit at airport as passenger numbers soar - work now underway on transformation of terminal - Insider Media

Leeds Bradford Airport has reported a return to pre-tax profit in its latest financial results, with passenger numbers surpassing pre-pandemic levels.

www.insidermedia.com

 

[pug]

The AAIB has published its findings from the TUI runway excursion from last year;

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/671612399cd657734653d84f/Boeing_737-8K5_G-TAWD_12-24.pdf

Looks like they’re attributing it to crew not inputting enough right rudder and braking due to believing there was a mechanical fault with the aircraft. All seem happy that there was no issue with the runway, but obviously challenging weather conditions for the crew.

 

[Finger66]

Think we will all need to be careful how we respond to that but think it's fair to say we all had our suspicions that was going to be the case. Definitely a challenging day weather wise and even a minute change in conditions could impact any flight without warning. The important thing was that there were no serious injuries or fatalities, and to a lesser extent the aircraft didn't have to be declared a write off