Airport targets long haul routes
04.07.08
Regular flights to America and the Middle East are a key part of plans to boost passenger numbers at Leeds Bradford Airport, the Telegraph & Argus reports. New routes to Europe’s financial centres, along with routes to the new European Union member states, are also part of the airport’s aim of increasing its destinations from 75 to 100 over the next 5 years.
The plans were unveiled by Tony Hallwood, the airport’s new commercial and aviation development director, this week after Pakistan International Airlines started its twice-weekly flights from Leeds Bradford to Islamabad.
Mr Hallwood said the Pakistan flight was a ‘milestone in the airport’s history’ and that he hoped it would pave the way for the introduction of more medium and long-haul routes in the next few years.
He told the newspaper that he was hoping for a new scheduled service to the west coast of the US in the next 3 years to open up business links with North and South America. In the longer term, he said the airport would look for a scheduled service direct to Dubai, using the Middle East as a gateway for onward flights to Australia, China and Japan.
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