Leeds Bradford International Airport - Thread 2

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by cmj

Or charging £2 to drive to the place.

The road running through the airport is owned by the airport and as so the tarmac you drive on is paid for by the airport. Why shouldn't drivers who use it be asked to pay for using it? We all accept paying for parking when we go to town. It is only £2.00 and after you've forked out £££s for your flight and accommodation is it really such a big deal?

[Leeds No.1]

It's more about dropping off than parking.

[oyster]

Hmm that attitude is too black and white - what about the fact that you're already paying towards the upkeep of the airport in plenty of other ways, such as through your flight tickets, other onsite services etc. Also you're often not paying to park; you're simply paying to pull up, unload a suitcase and drive away which is completely unfair. Still, you can always just pull up at the side of Whitehouse Lane I suppose.

[Suburban Knight]

Originally Posted by oyster

Still, you can always just pull up at the side of Whitehouse Lane I suppose.

You can't - either the airport or council employ guys in reflective jackets to hang around stopping it from happening!

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by oyster

Hmm that attitude is too black and white - what about the fact that you're already paying towards the upkeep of the airport in plenty of other ways, such as through your flight tickets, other onsite services etc. Also you're often not paying to park; you're simply paying to pull up, unload a suitcase and drive away which is completely unfair. Still, you can always just pull up at the side of Whitehouse Lane I suppose.

But you're not are you because flights are still so cheap, the price of the ticket doesn't cover the cost of using the facilities. The airlines that use LBA are generally low cost and the majority wont stand for additional charges to pay for *terminal roads* and *parking*. This is why the airport has to look at other means to bring in revenue. If it's not through dropping off, picking up charges it will be through other means, either way you will pay the extra. Other airports are doing the same thing to increase revenue so using another airport is unlikely to prevent you paying such charges one way or another.

[Rob]

Presumably the net payment by customers will be the same; if there wasn't money raised by the dropping off charge, this would be raised elsewhere in slightly higher fees for flights and/or services, but the overall net cost to the customer would presumably be the same.

The problem is the perception that it's an aditional charge. The amount of upset this perception causes surely isn't worth it for the small amount of transfering part of the cost from one service to another; if I was running that business I'd consider scrapping the charge and hide the small amount raised in slightly increasing charges elsewhere, thereby eliminating the bad perception and therefore bad feeling with its potential drop in customer loyalty and therefore revenue (and ultimately profit).

[oyster]

Originally Posted by Suburban Knight

You can't - either the airport or council employ guys in reflective jackets to hang around stopping it from happening!

No one's ever stopped me, I dare them to even try!

[THEONETHATLEEDS]

Originally Posted by oyster

No one's ever stopped me, I dare them to even try!

well said Oyster, sod the high viz brigade!!!!

Oh I used Norwich airport last weekend and to get into passport control and your flight you have to buy a £10 airport development ticket, Now I felt that was truly taking the piss big time.....

[world_rep]

Going to be a bit of a swap around on the LBA-GLA route.

bmi regional are cutting the route, whilst flybe (Loganair) will take up the flight.

Loganair will also introduce a Sunday flight, which is currently not on offer under bmi regional.

Also, Edinburgh on bmi regional will also be cut on 27th April. No replacement for that at the present time.

[Val Verde]

Originally Posted by world_rep

Going to be a bit of a swap around on the LBA-GLA route.

Wonder what this means for the BMI routes to Edinburgh and Brussels? A transfer of Edinburgh flights to FlyBe / Loganair and a transfer of Brussels flights to Brussels Airlines perhaps? Isn't someone meant to be taking over the remaining BMI Regional operations from IAG (British Airways) or is it just going to be wound down with other airlines (principally FlyBe and foreign flag carriers I'd have thought) taking over routes which are viable to operate?

[world_rep]

Wonder what this means for the BMI routes to Edinburgh and Brussels?

Edinburgh has been cut (eff 27th April), and I have heard that Brussels is on the chopping block too.

Isn't someone meant to be taking over the remaining BMI Regional operations from IAG (British Airways) or is it just going to be wound down with other airlines

The group buying regional have backed out, and BA have stated bmi's UK regional operations will be the first to go (Belfast crew base already earmarked for closure)

[Val Verde]

Originally Posted by world_rep

Edinburgh has been cut (eff 27th April), and I have heard that Brussels is on the chopping block too.

The group buying regional have backed out, and BA have stated bmi's UK regional operations will be the first to go (Belfast crew base already earmarked for closure)

That would certainly be bad news to lose two long running routes from Leeds Bradford particularly Brussels considering lack of alternatives other than either a ferry over the North Sea / English Channel or going through the Channel Tunnel as well as losing connection opportunities using Brussels as a hub as well as links with Brussels itself (must attract flyers surely considering the size of the city and the fact it is the home of organisations such as the EU and NATO).

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by oyster

No one's ever stopped me, I dare them to even try!

So you must be one of the ones that endangers lives of others by parking illegally blocking the emergency rendezvous point.

Brighter people park in the long stay where they get 1 hours free parking and a free ride to the terminal!

[oyster]

Originally Posted by SmartCity

So you must be one of the ones that endangers lives of others by parking illegally blocking the emergency rendezvous point.

Who said anything about parking? Pulling up for 30 seconds to let somebody jump out of the car isn't a risk to anyone. Wind your over-zealous health and safety neck in.

[Leeds No.1]

Just came across some images on the website that I'm not sure I've seen before:

[LNGCats]

http://www.caa.co.uk/default.aspx?ca...=11&fld=201203

Touching 3m on rolling basis now.

May get there this summer.

[carpsio]

All those women in those renders have a disturbingly wide-legged stance. Also, having been to LBIA on innumerable occasions, the customer base is generally more "tracksuit looking harassed" than "glamourous retail trip."

That aside, it looks nice!

[Rob]

Almost every one of those images has a hot chick in it - as they say, sex sells

[Leeds No.1]

Flybe have a new twice daily service from Leeds - Glasgow.

Is there really that many people travelling between Leeds and Glasgow?

[SmartCity]

Originally Posted by Leeds No.1

Flybe have a new twice daily service from Leeds - Glasgow.

Is there really that many people travelling between Leeds and Glasgow?

No, it replaces the BMI service to Glasgow now BMI has been sold off.

Re the terminal work, most of what's unveiled so far looks high spec. The top 9 images are going to very accurate the way things are going.