Leeds Bradford: New Route Development & Rumours

[pug]

I agree with what a couple of other posters have said wrt DXB. Admirable ambition to enter discussions regarding flights to that area of the world, but I think Turkish offer a genuine possibility to connect to their network via IST in a much more sustainable way. Also Play for KEF and onward connections to a wide range of US destinations. North America isn’t as strong a market these days as it used to be, as you can see with BHX losing all of its services over that way. Be a tough sell to anyone with MAN being fairly close.

Absolutely no doubt that Yorkshire could support those services in isolation, but it’s the impact on established routes that will be the problem IMO.

 

[mullion]

Looks as if we might be getting quite a lot of Jordanian 787 at MAN this autumn

 

[BCFC]

Will everyone stop dreaming about the likes of Emirates coming to LBA….like @LBA4EVER has been saying for a very long time is our very best option is Turkish…great airline with excellent connections to Asia.

 

[Aviador]

Will everyone stop dreaming about the likes of Emirates coming to LBA….like @LBA4EVER has been saying for a very long time is our very best option is Turkish…great airline with excellent connections to Asia.

This is the Route Development thread and it's all about rumours and speculation. Which airline, or more importantly which airline has the right aircraft type to do the job.

 

[northsouth]

Regards air transat Toronto summers charters from memory 1997 it finished due to a certain mr W Savage leaving his position at Lba
And moving to Manchester from then additional Toronto services started from Manchester that was my understanding at the time

 

[White Heather]

I also recall as a little one at the time looking out the windows of westfield primary school at a worldways L1011 and remember once catching a nationair DC8 at the cemetery rd view point instead of the usual 757s!
The things i can remember haha

Yes Worldways operated the competing (with Globespan/Wardair)Tristar service for one year - can't recall if they were first or Air Transat, and yes there were odd occasions when we got a DC8 60 series, all of which I managed to miss..

Regards air transat Toronto summers charters from memory 1997 it finished due to a certain mr W Savage leaving his position at Lba
And moving to Manchester from then additional Toronto services started from Manchester that was my understanding at the time

The Toronto route may have finished that year but I cannot remember.

I've always been told by LBA management (at the time and more recently) that it was the diminishing demand that led to flights being consolidated to larger airports only, so nothing to do with Bill Savage leaving. Globespan's contract was with the airport, not with Mr. Savage. When the contract ended the flights ended, and would have done whether it not Bill Savage remained at the airport. I believe other regional airports suffered the same fate as and when their contracts ended.

 

[The Pole]

Didn't odyssey do a stint on the Toronto route?

 

[White Heather]

Didn't odyssey do a stint on the Toronto route?

Yes, I mentioned Odyssey in one of my posts above. They were the first airline to do the route after the demise of Wardair.with their 757s. Nice livery too. Shame it didn't last. Then came Nationair, Caledonian and Air Transat.

 

[mdobuk21]

A lot of bollocks on this topic. So much negativity. Airlines are moving away from the widebodies, LBA are looking at utilising A321neoXLR so should be fine operating.

 

[Speedbird12]

Hello this is my first post on here but I have been around LBA a long long time. I thought this might be of interest the following are the operators and Years they operated on the summer Canadian flights.

Wardair B747s 1986/87 and 88 ( the DC10 visited in 1987)
Worlways L1011s and DC8s 1987
Odyssey Int B757s 1989
Nationair B757s 1990/91 and 92
Caledonian B757s 1993
Air Transat B757s 1994/95/96/97/98 and 99

 

[LBA4EVER]

Yes, I mentioned Odyssey in one of my posts above. They were the first airline to do the route after the demise of Wardair.with their 757s. Nice livery too. Shame it didn't last. Then came Nationair, Caledonian and Air Transat.

All great aircraft and liveries! you mentioned air transat brought their L1011s into LBA, do you have a pic of one at LBA as thats the only one i never recall seeing?

 

[White Heather]

All great aircraft and liveries! you mentioned air transat brought their L1011s into LBA, do you have a pic of one at LBA as thats the only one i never recall seeing?

I do, but can't post it as I'm at my limit.

 

[Aviador]

Hello this is my first post on here but I have been around LBA a long long time. I thought this might be of interest the following are the operators and Years they operated on the summer Canadian flights.

Wardair B747s 1986/87 and 88 ( the DC10 visited in 1987)
Worlways L1011s and DC8s 1987
Odyssey Int B757s 1989
Nationair B757s 1990/91 and 92
Caledonian B757s 1993
Air Transat B757s 1994/95/96/97/98 and 99

Welcome to Forums4airports @Speedbird12 I don't know why everyone is going all nostalgic but we do have a Nostalgia thread you could copy that to so it doesn't get lost on this thread.

 

[mdobuk21]

Surprised no mention of the new EasyJet route to CDG starting in October.

 

[CM.]

Surprised no mention of the new EasyJet route to CDG starting in October.

If you read the EasyJet thread there is mention of it.

 

[Snackbar]

Potential targets for LBA? https://aviationweek.com/air-transp...ort-seeks-expansion-across-europe-middle-east

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Surprised no mention of the new EasyJet route to CDG starting in October.

Its othe

Potential targets for LBA? https://aviationweek.com/air-transp...ort-seeks-expansion-across-europe-middle-east

Some interesting routes on the airports list.

 

[BCFC]

Its othe

Some interesting routes on the airports list.

Landing slots at LIS are like gold, I have been saying for years its a great destination.
SOU is a must.
Not sure about ORK
IST would be a Willy Wonker Golden Ticket.
VNO is a no brainer

All the rest are a bonus.

Unserved:

• Lisbon Airport (LIS)
• Athens International Airport (ATH)
• Southampton Airport (SOU)
• Cork Airport (ORK)
• Istanbul Airport (IST)
• King Abdulaziz International Airport – Jeddah (JED)
• Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)
• Vilnius Airport (VNO)

Underserved:

• Bergen Airport (BGO)
• Keflavik-Reykjavik Airport (KEF)
• Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN)

 

[SierraHotel]

ORK has previously been served from LBA but seemingly failed.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Landing slots at LIS are like gold, I have been saying for years its a great destination.
SOU is a must.
Not sure about ORK
IST would be a Willy Wonker Golden Ticket.
VNO is a no brainer

All the rest are a bonus.

Unserved:

• Lisbon Airport (LIS)
• Athens International Airport (ATH)
• Southampton Airport (SOU)
• Cork Airport (ORK)
• Istanbul Airport (IST)
• King Abdulaziz International Airport – Jeddah (JED)
• Sharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)
• Vilnius Airport (VNO)

Underserved:

• Bergen Airport (BGO)
• Keflavik-Reykjavik Airport (KEF)
• Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN)

Jeddah presumably for Haj flights. IST would be a waste of time unless Turkish or a codeshare/alliance partner flew the route. To be honest I cant sed ORK, ATH, BGO or KEF supporting regular flights, and where are German Airports and CPH?