Leeds Bradford International Airport

Organisation Type:
Airport
IATA:
LBA
Website:
http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0) 7793 709188
Country:
United Kingdom

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Facts (Overview)

Leeds Bradford (LBA) is the international gateway airport for Yorkshire, the largest region in the UK.
Yorkshire has a population of 5.6m (10% of UK's population) which is larger than the population of Scotland or Norway.
LBA offers 72 destinations across 22 countries serving Leeds and Bradford, two of the fastest growing cities in the UK and Europe.
17 new international routes have been introduced at LBA in 2010/11 and a further 5 already announced for 2012.
LBA was the fastest growing UK airport in 2010/11 with growth in excess of 10%.
The 3 millionth passenger will fly from LBA in early 2012.

In 2012 an £11m terminal investment will deliver a contemporary look and feel departure lounge (increased in size by 65%), enlarged security zone (increased in size by 40% and delivering upto 6 channels), a new covered walkway to aircraft stands, enlarged boarding gate zones, a wider choice of retail, food and bar alongside an extended duty free store, providing LBA with ‘best in class' regional airport facilities.



Figures

Number of Terminals:
1
Urban population:
2.9m Leeds City Region
Total Catchment Population:
5.6m Yorkshire
Number of Runways:
1
Length of main runway (m):
2250M
Operational Opening Hours:
24 Hours
Ownership:
Bridgepoint
Number of Direct Destinations:
72
List of Top 5 airlines:
Jet2.com, Ryanair, Flybe, Bmi, easyJet
Passenger Numbers (mppa):
2.95m
Cargo Tonnes (p.a.):
Number of Serving Airlines:
10
Aircraft Parking Stands:
22 Accommodating up to B777

PIA to continue operating flights to Islamabad from LBA

Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) and Pakistan’s national airline, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), are please to confirm the continuation of a twice weekly service from Leeds Bradford to Islamabad.

The non-stop service operates on a Wednesday and Saturday on a A310 aircraft which offers both economy and business class.

Tony Hallwood, Commercial & Aviation Development Director at LBA said: “We would like to thank the Bradford and wider Yorkshire community for its support in retaining this vital international link. We are now looking forward to building our relationship with PIA to develop and grow traffic on this flagship route”.

General Manager Revenue Management at PIA Head Office, Mr. Rashid Aziz, said: “PIA has decided to continue the above service from LBA to ISB for the benefit of the Pakistani/Kashmiri community.  This service will provide them door to door non-stop flights for the larger benefit of the community and in return PIA Management expects the Pakistani community to encourage and promote the airline “as Great People to Fly with” and  enable us to extend a better service with a B777  in the near future”.

 

For availability and fares, please see www.piac.com.pk or contact:

PIA Booking Office Bradford

 Unit 1, Broadgate House, Manor Row, BD1

01274 731 705/731 804/731 801

 

Alternatively you can call the free toll number 0800 587 1023 or contact your local PIA appointed agents for further assistance.

Upcoming Key Routes
5
Underserved Key Routes
7
Unserved Key Routes
34

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Data

Last updated: Aug 30, 2011

Facilities

Last updated: Dec 15, 2011

Catchment and Demographics

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