Leeds Bradford: New Route Development & Rumours

mdobuk21 said:

mdobuk21 said:

Some absolute morons on that saveDSA Facebook group

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Perhaps we should understand better why they act in this way - or maybe we already do. Some are die-hard socialists who believe politically in the fact that the Council are 'buying' jobs, the majority simply want to fly locally - which is fair enough although somewhat selfish in these circumstances. They likely have no idea of what it is actually going to cost them and their neighbours. Then of course you have the Facebook page itself which has probably moderated tone of late but the majority of posts/articles are still only positive - or if not are accompanied by a 'take down' from the administrator so the folk without any aviation knowledge are and have been effectively brainwashed. Having said that it is not perhaps the job of the administration to be more balanced when CDG are pumping out the stuff they do but there will be weeping and wailing and nashing of teeth if the end result is not what they have been encouraged to believe it will be.
Of course there are a few who comment vociferously with 'anti' sentiment which stirs the pot!!!
I believe the TUI Summer 2028 programme comes out around 15th of this month (?) - if there is no availability from DSA (which I an certain there will not be) the blue touch paper will have been lit so stand well clear!!!!

Some good points raised there re Doncaster but in the interest of getting the thread back on track, has there been any LBA related rumours of late? Or, does anyone wish to speculate what routes or airlines might potentially be looking to come to Leeds in the near future.

Aviador said:

Some good points raised there re Doncaster but in the interest of getting the thread back on track, has there been any LBA related rumours of late? Or, does anyone wish to speculate what routes or airlines might potentially be looking to come to Leeds in the near future.

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I would speculate that given the termination of Easyjet's ops to CDG, there is a golden opportunity for Air France / Hop to take on the route with a daily A220 (or similar). Jet2 just isn't enough. KLM are doing well and they are basically one with Air France. The AENA ownership and terminal improvements could make it more likely than in the past.

A Spanish carrier is also an obvious possibility, with Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid and Seville all good options.

As this is Leeds, it probably wont happen but the recent changes surely improve the chances going forward.

White Heather said:

Air France / Hop to take on the route with a daily A220 (or similar)

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Air France would be a great option especially for onward connections. Maybe a bit of a curveball but Transavia to Orly wouldn't be too bad either. I wonder if Ryanair might look to reinstate Beauvais as well.

A few new realistic services id like to see include..
Ryanair reintroduce beauvais with easyjet off the CDG route, plus a few new destinations to add to the 4 new destinations added yesterday, valencia would be a nice addition.
KLM to use their mainline B737-700s
Aer lingus to upgrade to A320s on the Dublin route(high hope) and an increase on the aer lingus belfast route.
But the no1 airline id like to see something from is Wizz air, im aware of their situation at present but i do feel wizz and LBA could pull out something special! Views?

Really need interline agreements so they can offer through ticketing. Although part of AF/KL not sure if they do.

LBA4EVER said:

A few new realistic services id like to see include..
Ryanair reintroduce beauvais with easyjet off the CDG route, plus a few new destinations to add to the 4 new destinations added yesterday, valencia would be a nice addition.
KLM to use their mainline B737-700s
Aer lingus to upgrade to A320s on the Dublin route(high hope) and an increase on the aer lingus belfast route.
But the no1 airline id like to see something from is Wizz air, im aware of their situation at present but i do feel wizz and LBA could pull out something special! Views?

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Whilst the Middle East conflict continues airlines are going to stuggle due to the high oil prices. I can't see anything exciting happening until that's well and truly over.

In addition, WizzAir is slowly losing interest in UK. Their core VFR routes to Poland from UK are seeing decreasing demand as Poles head home for good. Only Romania still has adequate demand. The airline has increasing financial problems and so is chasing better profits elsewhere. And Wizzair UK is a shadow of its former self, in retreat rather than expansion.

gulftraveller said:

In addition, WizzAir is slowly losing interest in UK. Their core VFR routes to Poland from UK are seeing decreasing demand as Poles head home for good. Only Romania still has adequate demand. The airline has increasing financial problems and so is chasing better profits elsewhere. And Wizzair UK is a shadow of its former self, in retreat rather than expansion.

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And yet Ryanair go from strength to strength on their several LBA Polish routes. So the demand is there, just probably insufficient to justify two carriers, and so far, Ryanair seem to win the battle here on those routes where they go head to head with Wizz.

I just hope that the Cluj Napoca and Bucharest routes remain successful. I must admit that after it's winter break, I was somewhat surprised that Warsaw came back for summer, particularly with Ryanair /Buzz flying that route too.

As airlines go they are poles apart though!

Be nice to see the following/more a wish list.
Hop/AF (CDG)
Eurowings/Lufthansa (a German route!)
Aer Lingus upgrade to an A320 on Dublin
Vueling to return
BA on LHR (probably not going to happen)
A Turkish carrier to Istanbul

possibly a route to the Middle East/Pakistan

Unfortunately don’t see any of these happening anytime soon.

I think going back pre 28Feb26 a lot of that wishlist was possible, if not even probable. BA probably the one that won't ever happen.
But now many regional airports are unfortunately facing a long road ahead with no immediate or obvious end in sight.
Thanks so much Mr Trump

Wonder if he’s a member of Ga**a?

mdobuk21 said:

Be nice to see the following/more a wish list.
Hop/AF (CDG)
Eurowings/Lufthansa (a German route!)
Aer Lingus upgrade to an A320 on Dublin
Vueling to return
BA on LHR (probably not going to happen)
A Turkish carrier to Istanbul

possibly a route to the Middle East/Pakistan

Unfortunately don’t see any of these happening anytime soon.

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Ryanair on BFS!!!