Leeds Bradford - General Thread

[White Heather]

I think that if they had ever extended that runway, they would have had to take up a considerable amount of golf course. (I used to be a member there). At the Runway 01 end, the ground drops away down towards White House Lane, and then down hill all the way to the stream at the bottom, close to where they are planning the rail station, whilst the land on the other side of the stream goes up again, causing problems on approach from the Bramhope side should any extension have been that way. To extend the runway 19 direction would immediately take it on to the golf course, and the ground drops steeply on the other side of the fence from the airport, on to the course itself. In fact I would estimate that parts of the golf course immediately beyond the pan at the top of the old runway, are at least 50 feet below the runway level, before they rise steeply back up again on to fairly level land until beyond Bayton Lane (the road between Horsforth and Yeadon). It would therefore take a considerable amount of landfill to extend that runway across the dip in the course, and there would the small matter of Horsforth Golf Club being virtually destroyed in the process, with 5 or 6 holes completely wiped out and the course effectively split in half.

I have to confess that I too have had this thought before wawkrk, and it would have been a logical runway to extend, although there would have been a high cost and a lot of low flying aircraft over Rawdon village area. At least it would have been more into the prevailing wind, although still not where it should ideally be. The ideal is Runway 28, the wartime runway closed a few years ago, but again the only direction to extend would have destroyed Yeadon! In the end, they obviously opted for the least disruptive option, even though it leaves LBA with a regular cross wind problem.

 

[Aviador]

The airport is advertising itself on 96.3 Radio Aire's prime time JK & Joel's show. They're offering FREE flights every day!

 

[lbaspotter]

The airport is advertising itself on 96.3 Radio Aire's prime time JK & Joel's show. They're offering FREE flights every day!

LBIA are advertising on 96.3 Radio Aire for the month of February. They are giving away free flights every day of the month. Flights have been offered by several airlines that use LBA. You'll have to log onto the Radio Aire website, Register your details and enter competition by Answering a simple question.

Link to Radio Aire website http://www.radioaire.co.uk/Article.asp?id=2088607&spid=20561 and the T&C's are here http://www.radioaire.co.uk//Article.asp?id=2088650

Wake up with JK & Joel @ Breakfast at 8am to hear the daily destination and then listen to 96.3 Radio Aire’s Home Run with Rich Williams at 5pm to win!

You plus a friend have a chance to win a pair of flights to the luxurious resort of Dubai with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines thanks to Leeds Bradford Airport. Swathed in luxury, elegance & grandeur, there is no other place in the world like it.

Listen to 96.3 Radio Aire each week where you could win a pair of flight seats courtesy of Leeds Bradford Airport, thanks to; Air Southwest, bmi, Eastern Airways, Easyjet, flybe, Jet2.com, KLM, Manx2 and Ryanair

Leeds Bradford Airport is one of the fastest growing regional airports in the UK with direct flights connecting the city of Leeds to over 70 European and UK destinations plus connects to hundreds more worldwide.

There is a new stylish and stylish Yorkshire Premier Lounge where you can relax in complete comfort before you fly. (Access is available for any passengers travelling with any airline).

To view details of all services and facilities visit
the new look leedsbradfordairport.co.uk

To win simply answer the question.

Kylie Minogue performed at the opening of the Atlantis Palm, Jumeirah. But where is it situated?
1 Pudsey
2 Dubai
3 Home Farm, Emmerdale

Air Southwest – Flying daily Bristol, Plymouth & Newquay

bmi – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Brussels – with onward connections

Eastern Airways – Daily flights to Aberdeen & Southampton

Easyjet – Ski flights to Geneva

Flybe – Serving London Gatwick, Aberdeen, Southampton, Belfast City & Exeter

Jet2.com – Flying to 38 destinations across 18 countries

KLM – Amsterdam and then connect to the world (including Africa, Asia, USA, UAE)

Manx2 – Flying daily to the Isle of Man

Ryanair – Flying to 21 destinations across 9 countries

By way before anyone asks again, The Dubai flights have been offered by KLM via Amsterdam

 

[Aviador]

It's good to see the airport putting on some advertising. 96.3 Radio Aire has a good following throughout much of West Yorkshire so it should prove a good choice for the airport. On a further note, I think Ryanair are advertising on Real Radio (Yorkshire)

 

[Huddy]

A question If I may, cant quite remember... When did Air Malta pull out of Leeds?

 

[Aviador]

Can you really call it pulling out? They only operated through the summer most years. I think 2009 was the last summer the airline operated into LBA. Somebody will correct me if I am wrong.

 

[a300boy]

Noticed the arrivals and departure boards now show flights for much longer after they have happened so they do listen !!!! much better now.

 

[White Heather]

Huddy, summer 2010 was the first summer for a long time that Air Malta didn't operate from LBA, nor did we have any IT charters to the island, mainly I suspect due to the commencement of the scheduled services to Malta by Ryanair, which are year round.

 

[stevolba]

Out of interest, when does the summer scheduled/charter services start?

 

[lbaspotter]

Out of interest, when does the summer scheduled/charter services start?

Summer scheduled flights normally commence on the last Sunday in March. This year it will be Sunday 28th
Jet2 spread the start of there summer services. Some Routes start in April while other services don't commence operation until the first or last week in May.

Summer Charter flights programme normally commence on the first day of May, Which this year will be Sunday, May 1st
Thomas Cook will operate some early summer service's to Las Palmas, Monastir, Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman in April this year due to the Easter Holidays and the Royal Wedding thats taking place throughout that month

Hope that helps.

 

[stevolba]

Thats brilliant lbaspotter. Thank you so much for your help

 

[Moo2009]

Servisair

Hi I am after some info I am sure some kind person on here can help, servisair are advertising for dispachers says 20 hours a week do they normally get the chance to work extra hours, do they normally set people on full time after the temp period is up. Reason I ask I am studying part time at the aviation Acadamy and I don't want to give my full time job up due to having to pay my morgage

 

[Aviador]

Servisair

Hi I am after some info I am sure some kind person on here can help, servisair are advertising for dispachers says 20 hours a week do they normally get the chance to work extra hours, do they normally set people on full time after the temp period is up. Reason I ask I am studying part time at the aviation Acadamy and I don't want to give my full time job up due to having to pay my morgage

To summerise I would say don't chance it, especially if you have a mortgage to pay.

You will be more than aware of how turbulent the aviation industry is at the moment. You will probably find that nearly all of the jobs that are advertised now are temporary positions for the summer months only. Nearly all of the people employed now for the summer will cease employment at the end of October when the summer season draws to a close. If you were jobless I would say take a chance but I wouldn't risk it with a mortgage to pay. Some overtime is probable but not guaranteed. If you can fit some work in between your usual job then you might want to do that to gain some experience, perhaps some casual work might suit you whilst you finish your training at the Aviation Academy?

 

[JETWATCHER]

HI JUST JOINED THIS SITE TODAY ANY NEWS ON G-GDFC SHE STILL PARKEDUP?

 

[Aviador]

Welcome to Forums4airports Jetwatcher.

 

[lbaspotter]

HI JUST JOINED THIS SITE TODAY ANY NEWS ON G-GDFC SHE STILL PARKEDUP?

Welcome to the forum Jetwatcher.

In answer to your question look up some off the history in the Jet2 thread here it maybe of some help to you. http://www.forums4airports.com/topic79-1000.html

 

[wawkrk]

Not a lot of competition coming from DSA at the moment.
Only 2 departures showing today.

 

[lbaspotter]

Not a lot of competition coming from DSA at the moment.
Only 2 departures showing today.

Just shows had bad things get over at Donny. At least LBA can hold its own in the winter nowa days with at least 30/40 scheduled flights.

 

[rhinoscrazy]

Not a lot of competition coming from DSA at the moment.
Only 2 departures showing today.

Just shows had bad things get over at Donny. At least LBA can hold its own in the winter nowa days with at least 30/40 scheduled flights.

is that in a day or in a week?

 

[Aviador]

That's departures per day by the looks of it. It more than triples on summer days with around 120 departures on most days.