Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Organisation Type:
- Airport
- IATA:
- LBA
- Website:
- http://www.leedsbradfordairport.co.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 7793 709188
- Country:
- United Kingdom
Status update: “has updated their profile”
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
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Contacts
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Tony Hallwood
Commercial and Aviation Development Director
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Events
JET2.COM LAUNCHES 3 NEW ROUTES AND PRIORITY BOARDING AT LBA
3 NEW ROUTES FOR SUMMER 2010 TO CORFU, BERGERAC AND MONASTIR ANNOUNCED. IN ADDITION ENHANCED CUSTOMER BENEFITS INTRODUCED FOR JET2 PASSENGERS WHO CHECK IN ON LINE
Beat the Queues and Gain Preferential Boarding Privileges
Jet2.com goes the extra mile for customers
Jet2.com, the friendly low fares airline, has today announced another product benefit whereby all passengers who check-in online via www.jet2.com will receive priority boarding upon arrival at Leeds Bradford International Airport.
Free online check-in enables passengers to by-pass the queues at check-in and with the addition of priority boarding, passengers can now spend more time shopping or relaxing before their flight and skip the queues to board the aircraft.
Philip Meeson, boss of Jet2.com said: "We always listen to passenger feedback and the privileges we are now offering our customers shows our ongoing commitment to be the friendliest airline while retaining the best low fares.
"We always aim to give our passengers the most enjoyable experience on board and by beating the queues within the airport by checking-in from home, we expect our customers to find the whole process even more relaxing and stress-free."
Priority boarding and free online check-in are just the latest additions to a string of extra services launched by Jet2.com in recent months which also includes gift vouchers, hot meals on board and the launch of myJet2, the new loyalty scheme which will reward customers with points on every flight booked which can be redeemed against future bookings.
- Posted 09/09/2009
- Upcoming Key Routes
- 5
- Underserved Key Routes
- 7
- Unserved Key Routes
- 34



