LBA History, The Diffrence 10 years ago 1996

Hi All

Got nothing to do this morning so i dug up so old flight scheduleds from 1o years ago for Leeds/Bradford. This was the Second Summer season that we had 24 Hour Operations and Thomson Holidays based a Britannia A320 (Operated by Transaer) while Airtours based a B737-400 of Air europa. Also this was the summer when we got invaded by spanish and French Airliners for that France Vs Spain Euro 96 game at Leeds United’s Elland Road ground. Anyway heres a list of destination which airlines operated to.

Scheduled flights
Aberdeen – British Airways Express – BAe J31
Amsterdam – Air Uk – F50
Belfast City – Jersey European – F27
Brussels – Sabena – EM2
Dublin – Aer Lingus – F50
Dublin – Ryanair – B732
Duseldorf via Gatwick – British Airways city Express – ATR42
Edinburgh – Gill Airways – SD360
Glasgow – British Midland Commuter – SF340
Guernsey via Gatwick – British Airways city Express – ATR42
Isle of Man – Manx Airlines – BAe J31
Jersey – British Midland – SF340/B733/F70/F100
London Gatwick – British Airways city Express – ATR42
London Heathrow – British Midland – F100
Paris Cdg – British Midland – SF340
Southampton – British Airways Express BAe J31

Charter
Mondays
07:00 Heraklion – Britannia A320
17:55 Las Palmas – Britannia A320

Tuesdays
07:00 Palma – Britannia A320
11:30 Toronto – Air Transat B752 (Out bound via BHX)
13:15 Tenerife – Airtours A320
13:30 Palma – Air World A320
15:10 Alicante – Air 2000 A320
22:20 Malta – Britannia A320

Wednesdays
08:30 Dalaman – Britannia A320
15:35 Faro – Air 2000 B752
17:40 Rhodes – Air Europa B737-400

Thursdays
07:00 Gerona – Air Europa B737-400
07:15 Malaga – Britannia A320
15:25 Palma – Britannia A320
19:45 Palma – Air Europa B737-400
23:00 Alicante – Britannia A320

Fridays
07:00 Ibiza – Britannia A320
07:45 Mahon – Air Europa B737-400
22:25 Ibiza – Air Europa B737-400
23:00 Palma – Britannia A320

Saturdays
07:35 Alicante – Air Europa B737-400
07:35 Mahon – Britannia A320
08:05 Varna – Balkan TU154
14:50 Palma – Air Europa B737-400
15:10 Gerona – Britannia A320
20:10 Rhodes – Monarch B757-200
22:15 Corfu – Britannia A320

Sundays
08:15 Tenerife – Britannia A320 (Fortnightly)
08:25 Bourgas – Balkan TU154
08:45 Malaga – Air Europa B737-400
09:15 Larnaca – Britannia A320 (Fortnightly)
15:30 Faro – Air Europa B737-400
22:30 Palma – Air Europa B737-400 (Returned on Wednesday Night)

And not forgeting that Euro96 France Vs Spain game visitors to LBA on June 15 1996. A day to remember. The Airport was full.

AOM – DC10-30 F-ODLX
British Midland F70 – G-BVTG
Corsair B747SP – F-GTOM
Air Jet BAe 146’S – F-GLNI, F-GOMA, F-GMMP
Oasis MD82 D-ALLT
British World BAC111,s – G-OBWC, G-OBWD
Air Bristol BAC111 – G-AVMN
Regional Air BAe J31 – F-GMVJ
Air UK F100 – G-UKFD
Viva Air B737-300 – EC-GBU
Airtours A320 G-YJBM
Avianc DC9’S – EC-DGE, EC-FOZ, EC-FIG, EC-FPJ
TAT ATR42 – F-GKNC
TAT F28 – F-GDUS
Air France A320 – F-GFKE
Iberia B727 – EC-CBA
Iberia A300 – EC-DNQ
Ibreia B752 – EC-FXU
Titan BAe 146 – G-ZAPK
Air Europa B737-400 – EC-FZZ
British Airways BAC Concorde – G-BOAC
Monarch B757-200 – G-MCKE

HS125 – F-BSIM
Learjet 55 – D-COOL
Beech King Air F-GHOC
Beech 1900 – F-GHSA
Cessna 421C – VR-CPR
Merto 111’s F-GLPE, F-GJPN
Merlin 1VC – F-GGLC
Falcon 10 – F-GHER