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By the number of passengers handled, Leeds <strong>Bradford</strong> is the 16th busiest in the UK and<br />

Yorkshire's largest. There has been rapid expansion to the airport in recent years and direct<br />

flights are now available to over 70 business and leisure destinations (July 2009). Around<br />

3 million passengers used the airport in 2006. It is the home base of economy Airline<br />

Jet2.com, voted Best European Short Haul Airline 2006.<br />

Recently low cost airline Ryanair has announced that it is going to open a new base at LBIA<br />

investing more that £54 million and creating opportunities for around 1,000 new jobs. The<br />

Dublin-based company will offer 14 new routes and 63 weekly return flights from the base<br />

taking its total number of destinations from the airport to 17.<br />

The airport was in public ownership until May 2007, when it was sold for £145.5 million to<br />

Bridgepoint Capital. Bridgepoint announced that a further £70 million would be invested in<br />

airport improvements, to boost passenger figures to over 7 million by 2015. 3 The airport has<br />

recently started a new long-haul route to Islamabad three times a week using wide-bodied<br />

Airbus A310 aircraft. It is hoped this spurs on new routes from the airport.<br />

Below is the full list of direct flights and holiday destinations available.<br />

Africa<br />

Tunisia<br />

Austria<br />

Innsbruck<br />

Salzburg<br />

Balearics Islands<br />

Mahon – Menorca<br />

Palma – Majorca<br />

Ibiza<br />

Belgium<br />

Brussels<br />

Bulgaria<br />

Bourgas<br />

Canary Islands<br />

Fuerteventura<br />

Gran Canaria<br />

Lanzarote<br />

Tenerife<br />

Caribbean<br />

Barbados<br />

Channel Islands<br />

Egypt<br />

Sharm el Sheikh<br />

France<br />

Avignon<br />

Bergerac<br />

Chambery<br />

La Rochelle<br />

Nice<br />

Paris<br />

Toulouse<br />

Germany<br />

Düsseldorf<br />

Greece<br />

Corfu<br />

Crete<br />

Rhodes<br />

Zante<br />

Holland<br />

Amsterdam<br />

Iceland<br />

Italy<br />

Milan<br />

Pakistan<br />

Islamabad<br />

Portugal<br />

Faro – Algarve<br />

Poland<br />

Krakow<br />

Mainland Spain<br />

Alicante – Costa Blanca<br />

Almeria - Costa Almeria<br />

Barcelona - Costa Brava<br />

Girona - Costa Brava<br />

Malaga – Costa Del Sol<br />

Murcia<br />

Switzerland<br />

Geneva<br />

Tunisia<br />

Monastir<br />

Turkey<br />

Bodrum<br />

Dalaman<br />

Antalya<br />

3 http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1374024.airport_sold_for_145_million_to_bridgepoint/<br />

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