Bradford District Local Infrastructure Baseline Study - working draft ...
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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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