New no-frills to launch

Saturday, 25 Oct, 2002 0

(left: Ed Anderson, Manager Director, Leeds Bradford Airport and Philip Meeson, Chief Executive, JET 2)

Leeds Bradford Airport will welcome a new no-frills carrier in February.

JET 2, a subsidiary of aviation services and distribution firm, Dart Group PLC, will operate four Boeing 737-300 aircraft. The carrier will announce routes in November, rumoured to include destinations in Spain. If this is the case, it will be the first flights from Leeds Bradford to the country.

Leeds Bradford managing director, Ed Anderson said there was huge demand for low cost flights in the region.

The airport announced record passenger numbers this summer, with 783,858 passengers using the airport between May and September. It’s fastest growing routes are to Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and Amsterdam.

Other airlines operating flights from the airport include bmi british midland, klmuk, British Airways, British European, Ryanair and Manx Airlines.



 



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