New Route from LBA for Jet2????..

I’m not sure if this has been said befor, but if Thomson’s can fly trans atlantic to Bridgetown, why do people say LBA can not handle/cope with other long haul routes?

Hi LBArules

P&O have announced 3 more direct Caribbean cruises from Leeds/Bradford airport for winter 2007. Flights look set again to be operated to Bridgetown-Barbados with Thomsonfly’s long Haul Boeing 767 aircraft. P&O Currently have 8 cruises onsale now while Fred Olsean also have 1 on sale as well.

P&O Cruises Currently onsale for next winter 2006/07
1.Simply Caribbean – Bridgetown – November 2nd 2006
2.Caribbean classis – Bridgetown – December 1st 2006
3.Caribbean Gold – Bridgetown – December 22nd 2006
4.Caribbean Gold – Bridgetown – February 16th 2007
5.Mexican Magic – Cancun – March 9th 2007 (Runs via Halifax/Canada)

Newly announced Cruises by P&O for 2007
6.Simply Caribbean – Bridgetown – November 9th 2007
7.Caribbean Collection – Bridgetown – November 30th 2007
8.Tropical Delights – Bridgetown – December 27th 2007

And the Fred Olsean Cruise for Next winter
9.Bremar – Fort Lauderdale – February 17th 2007 (Runs via Belfast Int’l)

Didn’t really want to start a new thread for this, so I looked for this older thread started by me!

Nouvelair are going to be flying to Monastir next summer (2007) on behalf of Thomas Cook from LBA. Flights are on a Sunday arriving 09:00, departing 10:00.

Another new charter destination for LBA, excellent news!

I know Humberside…….. I was referring to LBA, we never have any Cyprus charters in winter.

I shouldn’t really have wrote you ‘cant’, more like ‘there isnt’.

Yes but that reflects the amount of charter work that has gone to the low costs in the last few years, remember you cant operate the likes of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus in winter.

There are some Cyprus charters in winter

Yes but that reflects the amount of charter work that has gone to the low costs in the last few years, remember you cant operate the likes of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus in winter.

I think the fact we have got Arrecife, Las Palmas, Alicante twice a week, Malaga and a Thomson flight on one of those Spanish charter airlines on a Friday to TFS, isnt bad.

The charter programme from LBA this year is better than last winter.

But the BY757 is only doing half the charter it did 4 or 5 years ago and is only based for 3 days during the week.

Im not bothered about the MyTravel subcharter really, they operate just about the same amount of flights with non based a/c, and we have a BY 757 based anyway.

I think next winter looks pretty decent at LBA with 6 Tenerife services per week including both charter and JET2 flights i think our little airport is on the up, however i would of like to have seen Airtours subcharter a based aircraft during the winter.

The LBA – Malaga goes down to 2 times daily next summer cause jet2.com will be using the B757-200’s on this route instead of the Boeing 737-300 Currntly used this summer.

Hope this helps.

Ah right, didnt know that was confirmed cheers :).

So thats 230 seats x 2 = 460 seats
148 x 3 = 444 seats.

So we are still seeing a seat increase which is good, I suppose with AGP probably having mainly leisure pax, they will be less bothered about frequency than business pax might be, both flights have good timings for leisure pax.

HUY – Maybe so, but NCL/BFS/MAN/LBA-MJV, and BFS-BCN/PRG isnt somewhere served by the charter airlines.

Strange..

Speaking of Jet2, (Not entirely LBA related, but I started the thread ;)), does anyone know why they have put the flights from LBA to Malaga and Murcia, MAN to Malaga and Murcia, Newcastle to Murcia and Belfast to Prague, Barcelona and Murcia on sale for summer 2006 already? Seems incredibly early, they only just put the winter 05 flights on sale a few weeks ago.

Charters are already on sale for next summer, maybe trying to get the business of any early bookers?

The LBA – Malaga goes down to 2 times daily next summer cause jet2.com will be using the B757-200’s on this route instead of the Boeing 737-300 Currntly used this summer.

Hope this helps.

Speaking of Jet2, (Not entirely LBA related, but I started the thread ;)), does anyone know why they have put the flights from LBA to Malaga and Murcia, MAN to Malaga and Murcia, Newcastle to Murcia and Belfast to Prague, Barcelona and Murcia on sale for summer 2006 already? Seems incredibly early, they only just put the winter 05 flights on sale a few weeks ago.

Also noticed the much publicised ‘Malaga Shuttle’, from LBA has gone from 3 flights a day to 2 flights a day, maybe Malaga had a bit of an overkill from LBA, especially with the weekly Thomson and Astraeus flights.

Does indeed mate 🙂

Whats happened to BritishJet on a Friday? And why does it go via EMA on the inbound?

Nice to see more charters on a Saturday afternoon, they are normally dead in winter 🙂

LBA Winter 2005/06 programme updated again as follows:

Mondays
Funchal 09:55 – 21:25 Astraeus B737-300 (Via Cardiff Commences 20/02/06)

Tuesdays
Malta Luqa 12:00 – 11:15 Britishjet MD90 (Inbound via East Midlands)
Alicante 14:55 – 21:30 Thomsonfly B757-200

Wednesdays
Arrecife 11:20 – 20:45 Thomsonfly B757-200

Thursdays
Las Palmas 09:20 – 19:00 Thomsonfly B757-200
Arrecife 14:15 – 13:15 Iberworld A320
Arrecife 15:00 – 13:35 LTE Int’l A320
Faro 15:20 – 14:05 First Choice Airways A320 (Commences 06/04/06)
Cruises Out Bound
Antigua 09:00 Thomsonfly B767-300 (02/03/06 via Belfast Int’l)
Barbados 09:00 Thomsonfly B767-200 (09/03/06)

Fridays
Tenerife South 12:15 – 11:15 Iberworld A320
Tenerife South 12:25 – 11:25 LTE Int’l A321
Tenerife South 13:00 – 12:00 Air Europa B737-800
Tenerife South 18:20 – 17:05 My Travel A321
Cruises Out Bound
Barbados 09:00 Thomsonfly B767-200 (25/11/05,13/01/06 & 17/02/06)

Saturdays
Chambery 13:45 – 12:45 Astreaus B737-300 (Operates on-behalf of flybe.com)
Alicante 15:15 – 14:15 My Travel A320
Alicante 16:20 – 14:50 Thomsonfly B757-200
Innsbruck 16:35 – 15:55 Austrian Arrows FK70
Crusies inbound
Barbados 04:00 Thomsonfly B767-200 (10/12/05,28/01/06,04/03/06 & 24/03/06)
Antigua 04:30 Thomsonfly B767-300 (18/03/06 Via Belfast Int’l)

Sundays
Malaga 10:15 – 09:15 Spanair MD83
Malaga 15:35 – 14:05 Thomsonfly B757-200

Hope this helps

Record Monthly Passenger Numbers at Leeds Bradford Airport
4 July 2005

For the first time ever, Leeds Bradford Airport saw more than a quarter of a million passengers pass through the terminal during a single month in June. The total throughput of 268,750 was a 16% increase on June last year and brought the total for the year to 1,218,492, which is a 13% increase over the first 6 months of 2004.

The growth in throughput came from a number of airlines. Jet2.com, whose enhanced summer programme includes a new Ibiza service; Air Southwest’s new service to Bristol, with onward connections to Plymouth and Newquay; Flybe’s new services to Southampton and Exeter; and Swedish airline Swefly who now serve Lahore from Leeds Bradford three times a week.

June also saw the opening of a Greggs bakery adjacent to check-in hall B, plus the brand new ‘Lounge Bar’ in the departure lounge and the next few weeks will also see the opening of a new Superdrug store.

Managing Director Ed Anderson said “Half way through our busiest ever year, Leeds Bradford is on target to achieve 2.7 million passengers. We are in discussions with airlines about further new routes during the coming years.”

http://www.lbia.co.uk/newsstory.php?storyid=20050704

Fantastic stuff again, things can only get better with the new Jet2 routes in the winter (Two 757s :D), new Thomson flights next summer and the Swefly service seemingly upgraded!

Never knew there was a Superdrug opening, nice to see LBA getting some decent retail outlets, though I would have preffered a Boots to Superdrug for the meal deal ;).

Lets hope the discussions for more routes materialise, im sure it will.

Wow, a Monarch A330! Great stuff 🙂

The Swefly was indeed operated by a 757, though I went to LBA, I couldnt be arsed waiting for it!

Thomsonfly was G-BRIG today, MYT G-GTDK, AEU G-STRB, also an Aeroflight on the Lourdes, D-ARFA.

Great day!

Update for Winter Charter flights

Hi

Here is the details of the Caribbean cruise flights to add to the winter 2005/06 programme from LBA to Barbados/Bridgetown

Most flights depart LBA Between 09:00 & 11:00 and Arrive LBA in the Early Morning between 04:00 & 06:30

LBA – BGI FRI 25/11/05 Thomsonfly B767
BGI – LBA SAT 10/12/05 Thomsonfly B767
LBA – BGI FRI 13/01/06 Thomsonfly B767
BGI – LBA SAT 28/01/06 Thomsonfly B767
LBA – BGI FRI 17/02/06 Thomsonfly B767
LBA – BGI THU 02/03/06 Monarch A330 (via Belfast Int’l)
BGI – LBA SAT 04/03/06 Thomsonfly B767
LBA – BGI THU 09/03/06 Thomsonfly B767
BGI – LBA SAT 18/03/06 Monarch A330 (via Belfast Int’l)
BGI – LBA FRI 24/03/06 Thomsonfly B767

HOPE THIS HELPS

Todays Swefly

Hi all

Noticed that todays swefly flight from Lahore/Stockholm to LBA will be operated by a Boeing 757-200 of Finnair. Not the normal transwede RJ70.

HOPE THIS HELPS

ROLF, good old Marlon!