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Kev

04-12-2006, 05:01 PM

It’s official - John Lennon Airport tops latest CAA league table as it forecasts another record Easter.

12 Apr 2006

Management at Liverpool John Lennon Airport are forecasting their busiest Bank Holiday Easter weekend ever as they celebrate the latest statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority that show Liverpool is the UK's fastest growing major airport.

In 2005 Liverpool John Lennon Airport handled over 4.4 million passengers - an increase of some 32% compared to 2004 and a growth figure higher than any other UK airport in the category for airports handling in excess of 1 million annual passengers. The additional million passengers that used Liverpool in 2005 also helped the Airport move up one place in the league table of UK airports, leapfrogging over Nottingham East Midlands Airport and becoming the 12th busiest airport in Britain - its highest position ever. Less than 10 years ago the Airport was in 18th position having now overtaken airports such as Cardiff, London City, Leeds and Aberdeen.

This weekend will be the first peak period of the year for the Airport with the great 'Easter Bank Holiday getaway' bringing record passenger numbers with many looking to make the most of the Airport's numerous low cost flights and fly off for a holiday break.

Over 53,000 passengers are expected to pass through the Airport over the Bank Holiday weekend - an increase of 30% compared to Easter last year. The expected increase in passenger numbers follows the addition of a range of new services over the past 12 months to destinations including Oslo, Porto, Seville, Granada, Pisa, Gdansk, Southampton and Derry with airlines such as Ryanair, Wizzair and Flybe.

Earlier this week easyJet launched three new services to Krakow, Marseille and Faro just in time for the Easter break, taking the average number of daily scheduled departures to almost 70.

Robin Tudor, the Airport's Corporate Affairs Manager commented, “All this week we have seen increased numbers of passengers using the Airport as passengers from throughout the North West take advantage of the low fares and great deals available with airlines flying from Liverpool.

“For some time now we believed that Liverpool was one of the UK's fastest growing airports because of the continued month on month passenger growth and route expansion. These latest CAA statistics now prove the Airport is in fact top in this department. To use the football analogy, it wasn't long ago that the Airport was battling against relegation in the lower leagues of the UK Airport industry, but today Liverpool is seen as a 'premier league' airport continually improving its league position,” added Robin.

Source (http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/page.php?p=3&media_id=147&offset=0&month=Apr)

Kev

04-21-2006, 03:33 PM

UK AIRPORTS handled 6% more passengers last year and Liverpool continued its impressive growth with a 32% improvement, new figures showed today. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=16976025%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=jla%2dsoars%2dahead%2dwith%2d32%2d%2dgr owth%2d-name_page.html)

Paul D

04-22-2006, 03:30 PM

Kev

04-22-2006, 04:01 PM

Potential for growth with the land available must be huge too. :PDT_Piratz_26:

Kev

05-03-2006, 03:53 PM

THE amount of passengers and freight that Liverpool John Lennon airport expects to handle as far ahead as 2030 is set to be revealed. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17026141%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=airport%2dto%2dlaunch%2dexpansion%2dpla ns%2d-name_page.html)

*The most recent figures show that the airport could be handling up to 15m passengers by 2030, which could create 5,000 new jobs. :celb (23):

Kev

05-23-2006, 09:08 AM

JOHN LENNON'S legendary name helped put Liverpool's airport on the map, but now safety officials claim the long title could cause chaos in the skies. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17116563%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=star%2dnames%2dpushed%2dout%2dof%2dthe% 2dlimelight%2dat%2dairports-name_page.html)

victorialush

05-23-2006, 08:46 PM

Now we need a Heathrow link

I hear this, any link to London would be good for me.... 35 mins to fly London to Liverpool... It takes me longer to get across town! :)

Kev

05-31-2006, 02:42 PM

A BUDGET airline has announced it will start a daily service from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to the Czech capital Prague. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17154388%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=new%2dbudget%2dair%2droute%2dto%2dpragu e%2d-name_page.html)

Paul D

05-31-2006, 04:13 PM

Kev

05-31-2006, 04:56 PM

They're going to add flights to Egypt next year as well I believe.

Bloody yell, hope so!!!!

Paul D

05-31-2006, 05:40 PM

Bloody yell, hope so!!!!

It's all here.:)

http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/page.php?p=3&media_id=151&offset=0&month=May

Paul D

05-31-2006, 05:45 PM

Also from November low cost airlines will fly to Tenerife from JLA so be sure to use your local airport if you are travelling there.

Flyglobespan are the latest low cost liner to use Liverpool as a base and are saying there may be a lot more to follow.:celb (23):

http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/flyglobespan/

Paul D

05-31-2006, 07:25 PM

High-flyer in the heart of Merseyside

JOHN LENNON’S cartoon self-portrait and the words “Above us only sky”, from the song Imagine, greet passengers at the international airport named after the former Beatle.
Apart from having the most fun image of British airports, it is also the fastest-growing in the country and last year handled 4.4 million passengers. The number walking through its gates has risen sevenfold since 1997, when Peel Holdings bought a majority stake in the business from British Aerospace.

more here
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-2202023.html

Kev

06-01-2006, 08:25 AM

SUPPORTERS of Liverpool's air link to London issued a "use it or lose it" warning to the city's business community last night as the operator reduced daily flights to three a day.

VLM is cutting its Liverpool to London flights from the current four to three a day and scrapping weekend services.

The Belgian airline launched its service in February 2004 with five flights a day between Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) and London City Airport.

It followed the Daily Post's Fight for a Flight campaign which highlighted the strategic importance of Liverpool having direct flights to the capital.

But in recent months the service has found itself in a fierce fight with Virgin Trains for passengers. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17159103%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=fears%2dfor%2dfuture%2dof%2dservice%2da s%2dlondon%2dflights%2dcut-name_page.html)

Paul D

06-01-2006, 02:31 PM

I hear this, any link to London would be good for me.... 35 mins to fly London to Liverpool... It takes me longer to get across town! :)

Isn't the London link mentioned in the last post any good for you Victoria? or is this also difficult to get too,is this well out of your way also?

Kev

06-15-2006, 08:21 AM

Plans to build a hotel and multi-storey car park next to Liverpool John Lennon Airport have been submitted.
The £22.5m development, which will be built opposite the terminal, has been designed in response to demand from passengers, airport bosses said.

The car park will replace the current short stay site with a six storey, three star hotel located on top.

If approved, the development will still depend on a grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Culture year

Neil Pakey, Chief Executive of Peel Airports said: "With flights from almost 60 scheduled destinations to Liverpool the demand for convenient hotel accommodation on site has never been greater.

"As the airport is open 24 hours a day, passengers arrive and depart all through the night and this development and the associated short stay multi-storey car park is a natural progression of improved on site facilities to satisfy the needs of today's airport user."

Peel Airports said the hotel could be completed within 18 months in time for Capital of Culture year in 2008.

A planning application has been submitted to Liverpool City Council.

Kev

06-19-2006, 02:55 PM

JOHN Lennon airport is taking a leaf out of the environmentalists' book and planting hundreds of trees close to the runway. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17255362%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=tree%2dplanting%2daims%2dto%2dcut%2deff ect%2dof%2daircraft%2dgases%2d-name_page.html)

Max

06-19-2006, 11:10 PM

Kev

06-28-2006, 08:50 AM

THE growth of Liverpool's John Lennon Airport continues apace, and today's news that Ryanair is to use it as a platform to further expand their services into Eastern Europe provides yet more encouragement. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/breakingnews/tm_objectid=17303260%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=sky%2ds%2dthe%2dlimit%2din%2djla%2dboom %2d-name_page.html)

Blabber

06-28-2006, 10:35 AM

Great news. I love Eastern Europe.

victorialush

06-28-2006, 11:46 AM

Isn't the London link mentioned in the last post any good for you Victoria? or is this also difficult to get too,is this well out of your way also?

Aha, London City Airport. That is east end and probably one of the most central aiports down here. I am going to check out VLM Airlines and see how much they do flights for now :D

Thanks

victorialush

06-28-2006, 11:50 AM

Aha, London City Airport. That is east end and probably one of the most central aiports down here. I am going to check out VLM Airlines and see how much they do flights for now :D

Thanks

Wow, £55 for one way with VLM Airlines... Virgin trains do a return for £25.
Why did Easyjet give up this journey, they were so cheap. :neutral:

Max

06-28-2006, 12:29 PM

Easy Jet need bigger leg room and toilet room!

Kev

07-04-2006, 12:21 PM

LIVERPOOL is to get its first daily direct flights to New York, the ECHO can reveal. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17330288%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=daily%2dflight%2dto%2dnew%2dyork-name_page.html)

Paul D

07-04-2006, 12:23 PM

Kev

07-05-2006, 08:28 AM

CONFIRMATION of a daily New York to Liverpool flight will pave the way for Britain's first "superport". More details soon.....

Kev

07-05-2006, 12:08 PM

LIVERPOOL is to become the UK's first "superport" with air and shipping industry leaders working in tandem to fill international cruise liners with thousands of passengers from transatlantic flights.

That was the unique vision revealed by John Lennon Airport's owners Peel Holdings yesterday, after the city's first direct flight to New York was unveiled by Glasgow firm Flyglobespan.

The new daily service will carry 2,000 passengers a week between John Lennon Airport and Newark, on a 189-seater Boeing 757 from next May 25, in Liverpool's 800th anniversary year.

Last night it emerged JLA's new 25-year masterplan, expected to be published next week, will include proposals to extend its runway by almost half a kilometre inland.

That will open up the city to wider long haul planes like Boeing 767s and Airbus A330s, which can carry up to 250 passengers and fly as far as Las Vegas and the Maldives.

It would enable the option of links with US hub airports like Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia Washington, and destinations as far flung as the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Neil Pakey, chief executive of Peel Holdings, revealed he plans to exploit the company's unique position as owners of both the airport and the Port of Liverpool.

He wants to attract cruise liner operators to link up with transatlantic flights, which he said had until yesterday been the "Holy Grail" for JLA.

He also revealed he wants to expand freight and business routes, particularly in the Far East but first the airport must carry out an eight-week public consultation on the runway plan.

The masterplan should be submitted to the Department for Transport this autumn, but it could be two years before a planning application is approved if objectors call for a public inquiry.

Mr Pakey said: "This new 757 flight is the limit on our existing runway. If we were to look at establishing links with a US hub airport like Atlanta or Chicago or Detroit, then we need to have a larger runway.

"There is quite an appetite for it both in Liverpool and America, and there is no doubt it would be a massive regeneration boost for the Merseyside region."

But, he added: "There is no mad rush to do this. At this stage it's about setting out our vision and seeing how things evolve."

Click here (http://videos.icnetwork.co.uk/icliverpool/neil040706.wmv) to watch Neil Hodgson's video report on this story

Mr Pakey said he wanted to develop "synergy" between the port and airport, by encouraging cruise line operators to sign up to package deals to link up with transatlantic flights.

It would allow passengers to fly into Liverpool and then board a cruise to take them either back to the US, or on to Europe.

Mr Pakey said no operators were yet signed up, but he said: "Hopefully they will be queuing up, it's a great opportunity."

He added: "We are still playing catch up with Manchester. But when it comes to regeneration the region could not continue with only one international airport.

"A lot of what we do will complement what Manchester is doing."

Frank Robotham, group marketing director of Peel Ports, said there was huge scope to expand the cruise market once the city's planned new cruise liner platform opens.

He said: "In terms of infrastructure Peel is unique in Liverpool because it owns both the port and the airport."

He added: "If you look at the growth at the airport and the potential for the new cruise liner platform, there is great potential for substantial inward investment in future."

The new Liverpool-Newark flight follows a sustained lobbying campaign by tourism leaders through regeneration group The Mersey Partnership.

Roy Morris, chairman of TMP, welcomed the "fantastic news", which he said would boost tourism and trade on both sides of the Atlantic.

He said: "With a number of major US companies already investing here, securing this air link will further reinforce Liverpool as a destination on the international business map."

He quoted the poet John Betjeman: "My love of New York is something to do with Liverpool, there's the same quality of energy in both cities."

TMP's director of investment Mark Basnett said the route would offer a "very competitive option" to business travellers.

He said: "TMP knows from its own research and lobbying work that there is demand in Merseyside for a convenient, accessible route in to the East Coast US and now we will have it."

Peel Ports has just secured three cargo sailings a week to New York from Liverpool, making the port the largest port in the UK providing freight services to the US.

The port has grown from handling 9m tonnes of cargo a year in 1984 to 34m tonnes in 2005.

Mr Robotham added: "Our position on the North Atlantic is at an all time high."

deborahjames@dailypost.co.uk

Route will trade on 'unique' Liverpool >>>>>>>>>>>

OPERATED by Glasgow airline Flyglobespan the new route will trade on Liverpool as a unique 'brand', harnessing the attractions of the Beatles, historic maritime links and golfing facilities.

Tourism managers at The Mersey Partnership believe it will at least double, if not treble the figure of 30,000 or so US tourists who visit Liverpool each year.

Already last nigh, Flyglobespan's managing director Tom Dalrymple said he was "delighted" at advanced bookings on the company's website after the route went on sale yesterday.

The announcement came 340 years after the first cargo ship sailed from Liverpool to America in 1666.

With 25 business class seats on each Boeing 767 journey from £299 one way, and 167 budget seats from £149 one way, or £289 return.

The service will include champagne, gourmet meals and liquors for business class passengers and economy travellers will have to buy any meals they want on board.

Set to be launched in the US next week, it is expected to prove attractive to business travellers who currently use Continental's service from nearby Manchester to Newark whose fares for BusinessFirst start at around £2,000 return.

A whole-hearted embrace for route

YOKO ONO, who renamed John Lennon airport after her husband on July 2 2002, said: "It's a great day for both Liverpudlians and New Yorkers. How fitting that there will soon be flights from John Lennon Airport to New York.

"As you all know, John had a tremendous fondness for both of these cities. He would have been delighted that now there will be a direct flight between these two historic cities, across the universe, so to speak."

STEPHEN ROBERTS, general manager of the Crowne Plaza hotel at the Pier Head, said: "We have tremendous links with New York already and this will consolidate those links. Both Liverpool and New York are seen as great destinations."

MARTIN KING, head of tourism for TMP said the new flights would have a "high economic impact". Genealogy is such a big thing in tourism in America; 17% of hits on the TMP website come from the US. Around 8% of US travellers come to the Merseyside area, while 66% go to London. Why should London get all the benefits? Liverpool has such a strong brand these flights will make significant in-roads to our economy."

ALAN BEVAN, MD of City Residential, agents for Downing Development's Eden Square, ECF's St Paul's Square, and Alexandra Tower in Princes Dock, said: "Americans are active overseas investors and this route means we can now tap into the largest and richest regional market in America. The Liverpool brand is already strong in New York and job creation benefits could be substantial."

PAUL ELLISON, chairman of the Friends of Liverpool JLA, said: "We are overjoyed at the news Liverpool is to be linked with New York. It reflects the belief we have had for 25 years that Liverpool airport could become one of the big players in aviation."

Runway will be extended

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport's runway currently measures almost 2.3 kilometres, running east to west.

The airport's new masterplan, which takes its development up to the year 2030, includes proposals to extend the runway by 314 metres.

Beyond that, there would be a further 150 metre extension at either end of the runway making the total length for take off 2750 metres.

That is almost half a kilometre longer than the existing 2286 metres.

The expansion will allow wider long haul aircraft to take off from the airport.

It means up to 250 passengers at a time could be flown as far as Las Vegas and the Caribbean, whereas the furthest flight the existing runway can sustain is to Newark.

Kev

07-10-2006, 08:31 AM

SALES of tickets for the flights connecting Liverpool to New York have been booming in the week since the service was unveiled. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17354026%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=early%2dticket%2dsales%2dboom%2dfor%2dj la%2dflights%2dto%2dnew%2dyork-name_page.html)

Paul D

07-10-2006, 10:58 AM

He said the initial success of the route could lead to further routes between Liverpool and the US east coast.

"Flyglobespan are talking about Orlando or the likes. It's looking pretty promising for some more routes."

I really hope they add Orlando from JLA let's hope people continue to support this route,more great news.:)

Paul D

07-11-2006, 03:39 PM

A big announcement concerning the airports future plans is expected tomorrow.:PDT_Piratz_26:

sweetpatooti

07-11-2006, 08:16 PM

Like wha?

Sloyne

07-11-2006, 09:12 PM

I really hope they add Orlando from JLA .A LPL-LHR link is imperative, without it Liverpool remains the only major European city, outside of a 200k radius of it's capital, without a air link to that capital.

Paul D

07-12-2006, 05:52 AM

A LPL-LHR link is imperative, without it Liverpool remains the only major European city, outside of a 200k radius of it's capital, without a air link to that capital.

I know I find that annoying but I can't see us getting one any time soon.:disgust:

Paul D

07-12-2006, 05:54 AM

Like wha?

Extending the terminal and runway maybe,I think they are wanting to handle about 12 million passengers per year by 2030 so it will be something to do with how they intend to do it.

Kev

07-12-2006, 08:17 AM

...build a new rd as well

Kev

07-12-2006, 08:24 AM

matchworks

07-12-2006, 09:42 AM

A MAJOR new link road will be built to ease congestion around Liverpool John Lennon Airport as part of plans to treble the number of passengers flying in and out of the city by 2030. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17368668%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=new%2droad%2das%2dair%2dpassengers%2dtr eble-name_page.html)for the past 5 years there have been almost permanent roadworks in this area.obviusly if this takes off the road will be needed but there seems to have been no forward planning from our PLANNERS!to paraphrase terry wogan"is it me?" your thoughts please.

bazzacat

07-12-2006, 09:59 AM

Waterways

07-12-2006, 10:14 AM

the article says the runway will be extended "inland"- I take it that means the Hale end, but there dosent seem to be much room without edging very close to Hale Village. The lighting gantries seawards would need to be rebuilt after the minor extensions at each end.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2428/jla8ml.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It does seem a thought out proposal though, and the idea of linking it with cruise traffic is a good one, but surely seasonal, the Atlantic in winter not being the best place to cruise! Id do it though, ive always fancied re enacting an emigrants passage by ship to NY.

They can extend the runway over the river by using the earth and rock from the docks they needlessly filled in. Excavate: Toxteth, Harrington, Victoria, Trafalgar and Clarence docks, and the earth is there.

The prom was built on the excavations from the 1st Mersey Tunnel.

Waterways

07-12-2006, 10:17 AM

Speke housing estate is now past its sell-by date and right in the way. It is better to re-locate the residents rather than spend any more money on the place.

bazzacat

07-12-2006, 10:37 AM

Speke housing estate is now past its sell-by date and right in the way. It is better to re-locate the residents rather than spend any more money on the place.

Controversial! But with an element of truth about it. The fuss generated would be enourmous, and the housing itself is solid enough. That said, there isnt any social mixture, which I feel is needed to make communities viable.

Kev

07-12-2006, 12:11 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon airport will treble in size over the next 25 years.
Airport officials said the expanded airport would support 11,300 jobs, compared with 3,000 now.

Passenger numbers would soar from 4.5 million last year, to 8.3 million by 2015, and 12.3 million by 2030.

JLA also revealed it wanted to establish aworld cargo centre south of the complex, on land known as the Oglet. continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17370767%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=liverpool%2dairport%2dwill%2dtreble%2di n%2dsize-name_page.html).....

Waterways

07-12-2006, 02:02 PM

Controversial! But with an element of truth about it. The fuss generated would be enourmous, and the housing itself is solid enough. That said, there isnt any social mixture, which I feel is needed to make communities viable.

It's an isolated working class ghetto. The houses are solid but of no insulation value. It is cheaper to demolish these houses than to update them to modern envornmental ways and insulation. The eco homes in Liverpool 8 is the way. The population can be re-located to a superior location and the land used for airport usage.

It is just too close to the runway and if a plane strays off a few 1000 may be killed. Wrong place, wrong type of homes, wrong type of suburb.

Paul D

07-12-2006, 02:49 PM

Kev

07-12-2006, 05:39 PM

Its got to be the best news ever!

LIVERPOOL John Lennon airport could spend £600m on its ambitious expansion plans, officials said today. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17370767%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=airport%2dlaunches%2d%2d600m%2dexpansio n-name_page.html)

The future's bright for the city's children :celb (23):

Paul D

07-12-2006, 07:28 PM

Kev

07-12-2006, 08:13 PM

I know it's great isn't it we'll soon be able to fly long haul regulary from Liverpool.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I think the plans will happen much quicker than anticipated, alot can happen in 20 years.

Sloyne

07-12-2006, 10:18 PM

Howie

07-12-2006, 11:02 PM

From the BBC NEWS Airport reveals expansion plans (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/5173462.stm)
a Friends of the Earth (http://www.foe.co.uk/) spokesman said: "If we really want to stop the impact of carbon monoxide emissions on climate we should not be expanding aviation".

Kev

07-12-2006, 11:05 PM

Surely the planes are much more environmentally friendly these days?

Louis

07-12-2006, 11:07 PM

if friends of the earth shut up for once, a lot of hot air would be kept out of the atmosphere

Kev

07-13-2006, 08:09 PM

AROUND £600m will be invested in Liverpool John Lennon Airport if all elements of an ambitious masterplan to treble passenger numbers and create the UK's first "superport" succeed.

Airport executives yesterday unveiled broad details of a "transformational vision" they hope will revitalise Liverpool as a major port both for maritime and air freight in the next 25 years.

They announced major plans for a new World Cargo Centre to increase freight handling 15-fold to 220,000 tonnes a year, on Green Belt farmland around the former historic village of Oglet.

Yesterday, the Daily Post revealed the airport wants to build a new road link to relieve congestion around the airport for traffic travelling from the east, including cars crossing the Runcorn Bridge.

The draft plan for 2030 outlines three possible options for the road, called the eastern access transport corridor (EATC), which is expected to be a dual carriageway with a built-in cycle lane.

The first option, favoured by JLA's management, is the shortest route. It would bring traffic from Speke Boulevard near the Jaguar factory, round the back of the Speke estate.

Road options two and three would start farther up Speke Road (A561), which leads to the Runcorn Bridge and M62, nearer to the junction with the A5300, which leads to the M57.

The airport's terminal buildings would also be expanded to cope with passenger numbers tripling, from around 4.5m in 2005 to 12.3m in 2030.

And the runway would be extended by around half a kilometre inland, to allow JLA to take wider long-haul planes like Boeing 767s and Airbus 330s, capable of flying as far as Shanghai.

The aim is to open up more routes both for passenger flights to the US hubs, and for freight links with the Far East, particularly with emerging markets in India and China, and the Middle East.

The entire plan would create a total of somewhere between 7,000 and 9,000 extra jobs, which could take the number employed directly and indirectly from 2,300 today, to 11,300 by 2030.

Any environmental impact is hoped to be offset by the opening up of a further 124 acres (50 hectares) for public use as an extension of the Mersey Waterfront Coastal Park.

It would link up with the Mersey Way footpath and the Pennine Way, and "provide a wide range of habitats for wildlife, with a proposal to include visitor facilities," according to the plan.

VIEW the gallery of the Liverpool JLA redevelopment (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17372636%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html) - LISTEN to the Mersey Partnership's Mark Basnett talk about how important the airport is to Merseyside (http://videos.icnetwork.co.uk/icliverpool/bus130706.wmv)

continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17376763%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26page=2%26headline=a%2d%2d600m%2dvision%2dfor%2dl iverpool%2dsuperport-name_page.html)....

Waterways

07-13-2006, 08:25 PM

From the BBC NEWS Airport reveals expansion plans (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/5173462.stm)

They don't have figures for aircraft. It is said to be far higher than what people think. In reality cargo should go by sea and only mail and small urgent packages by air. Only cheap non-taxed fuel has made air freight viable.

Howie

07-13-2006, 09:00 PM

They don't have figures for aircraft. It is said to be far higher than what people think. In reality cargo should go by sea and only mail and small urgent packages by air. Only cheap non-taxed fuel has made air freight viable.
Aren't British Airways and a number of other carriers currently under investigation on suspicion that they are part of an illegal agreement to fix cargo prices?

Howie

07-13-2006, 09:04 PM

Surely the planes are much more environmentally friendly these days?
See Airlines unite to condemn call for aviation fuel duty (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/business/news/tm_objectid=17333758&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=airlines-unite-to-condemn-call-for-aviation-fuel-duty--name_page.html). :doubt:
This is a stupid argument. How does airlines paying extra taxes cut emissions? All that would happen is that more money would flow into Gordon Brown's coffers.
Isn't this the same argument that was used to increase tobacco taxes in order to cut smoking? :rolleyes:

Kev

07-14-2006, 12:04 PM

THE first of Easyjet's new Airbus fleet made its inaugural flight from Liverpool John Lennon Airport yesterday. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17383344%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=flight%2ddelight%2das%2deasyjet%2dairbu s%2dmakes%2djla%2ddebut-name_page.html)

Kev

07-31-2006, 02:33 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport (JLA) has seen the fastest passenger growth out of the UK's top 15 airports over the past decade, a new report reveals.

The study, by property consultants GVA Grimley, also shows demand for office and industrial space around the airport has increased in the past five years.

The report - Take-Off and Take Up: Airports and the Property Market - shows passenger numbers at the airport, which hit 4.4m last year, increased by more than 800% between 1995 and 2005.

That is much higher than the national average of around 200%.

Take-up of commercial property - both office and industrial - around the airport also accelerated between 2000 and 2005.

In that period, the average annual take-up has 40,000 sq ft for offices and 160,000 sq ft for industrial premises.

Recent major take-up includes more than 100,000 sq ft by Littlewoods and 30,000 sq ft by the Riverside Group in the office market and in industrial, 200,000 sq ft by Langtree Group and 100,000 sq ft by Charles Evans Shopfitters. continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/thebusinessweek/regionalnews/tm_objectid=17476336%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26page=2%26headline=lennon%2dairport%2dsees%2dgrow th%2dsoar%2dahead-name_page.html)....

Kev

08-24-2006, 02:47 PM

THE airline linking Liverpool with New York has created a new ticket for passengers who want more than no-frills treatment. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17619977%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=just%2dthe%2dticket%2dfor%2dupgrade%2d-name_page.html)

Paul D

08-29-2006, 05:45 PM

I anyone fancies a skiing holiday there's a Ryanair advertisment in todays DP for Salzburg/Grenoble stating that they start on 19/12/06 for only £14.99.

FKoE

08-29-2006, 06:42 PM

£14:99 .. sheesh thats cheaper than the train fare to Birmingham :eek:

Paul D

08-29-2006, 07:43 PM

£14:99 .. sheesh thats cheaper than the train fare to Birmingham :eek:

That's probably one way but still you can't knock it.

Howie

08-29-2006, 09:54 PM

New environmental scheme for Liverpool airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/) and The Mersey Forest (http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/) have joined together to give passengers the opportunity to contribute to their local environment and take a step towards off-setting the carbon emissions from their flight.

The new initiative known as ‘Last Call’ provides passengers with the opportunity to invest in their local environment before or after taking a flight from Liverpool airport by helping to plant trees in the nearby Mersey Forest, the UK’s largest Community Forest.

There are two ways in which passengers can support the scheme, either by donating money in the collection box which is located in the airport’s departure lounge or by contributing online at www.lastcall.org.uk. Contributions made by passengers will go towards planting trees to help absorb some of the CO2 emissions from their flight. Liverpool airport’s operator, The Peel Group, has also pledged to match passenger contributions made at the collection box.

The Mersey Forest’s project director, Paul Nolan, said: “There is increasing awareness about the importance of climate change and the need for us all to make changes to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide we produce. This programme will continue to raise awareness, create new woodlands and help to lock up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.”

Source: flightmapping.com (http://www.flightmapping.com/news/919.aspx)

FKoE

08-29-2006, 10:00 PM

Nice one for making everyone aware.

Theres a good link on Lastcalls website to the Mersey Forest..

http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/

Paul D

09-08-2006, 05:25 PM

Just got this off SSC so I'm not sure when this story is going to break but great news nonetheless.

Liverpool is to gain a link to Toronto Hamilton starting next May with FlyGlobespan.

Details:

Starts Sunday 6th May 2007 and runs to at least the end of October 2007.

GSM190
Toronto Hamilton Dep2020 (Sunday)
Liverpool Arr0825 (Monday)

GSM189
Liverpool Dep1340 (Monday)
Toronto Hamilton Arr1640 (Monday)

Kev

09-08-2006, 05:46 PM

shytalk

09-08-2006, 06:21 PM

I need a direct flight from Pocahontas. Arkansas please.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Sloyne

09-08-2006, 10:03 PM

I need a direct flight from Pocahontas. Arkansas please.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:Hamilton is as far from Toronto as is Malvern from Little Rock. So we still don't have a LPL-YYZ link. But hey, I prefer driving the QEW and 403 to driving the M62 and M56.:celb (23):

Howie

09-08-2006, 10:24 PM

Pollution fears over expansion plan at airport
Sep 8 2006
By Alan Weston Daily Post Staff

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WIRRAL councillors are to ask Liverpool John Lennon airport for reassurances noise and pollution will be kept to a minimum if a massive £660m expansion goes ahead.

The borough's executive board last night agreed their formal response to Peel Holdings' ambitious plan to treble the size of the airport by 2030.

Around 70% of planes leaving and entering Liverpool fly over Wirral, in particular the area around Eastham and neighbouring Hale Village.

Residents living below the flight path in parts of the borough have long complained about the noise made by overflying aircraft, particularly at night.

More (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17707550%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=pollution%2dfears%2dover%2dexpansion%2d plan%2dat%2dairport-name_page.html)...

Kev

09-13-2006, 06:15 PM

LIVERPOOL is to double its transatlantic air links with a new route to Canada, the ECHO can reveal.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/sep2006/3/5/A7203FBB-BC04-D19B-D9C02EF6C49E6BF8.jpg (http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/sep2006/3/5/A7203FBB-BC04-D19B-D9C02EF6C49E6BF8.jpg)

Flyglobespan, the airline introducing a daily link from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to New York next May 25 is planning to introduce a weekly flight to Toronto the same month.

The ECHO understands an official announcement could be made later this week.

Toronto has two airports, Pearson and Hamilton. The Liverpool flight will link with the latter.

A spokesman for Edinburgh-based Flyglobespan said: "We hope to make an announcement soon."

Liverpool John Lennon airport spokesman Robin Tudor said: "We know Flyglobespan are looking at further traffic out of Liverpool and we are very hopeful of an imminent announcement."

Flyglobespan is set to take over a number of routes from Canadian airline Air Transat and will announce the Liverpool-Toronto link as part of a package of new flights.

The company already flies to Canada's largest city from Manchester and from Glasgow to Orlando in Florida.

This July the ECHO revealed Flyglobespan's plans to launch the city's first transatlantic route to New York for a single fare from £149, including taxes.

Flyglobespan managing director Karan Browntold reporters at the time that she was already considering more Liverpool routes, including Orlando.

Andrew Weir, vice president of the Toronto Convention and Visitors Association, said the route would prove a big hit.

He said: "Toronto has a very lively music and arts scene and that is the story we are promoting on the world market.

"So the people of Toronto are open to exposing themselves to experimental arts and culture and Liverpool may be a very sensible and attractive reason to visit, for its edgy creativity."

Mark Basnett, director of investment for regeneration agency The Mersey Partnership, said:

"Flyglobespan's decision is another great boost for our economy and underlines the company's commitment and confidence in the Liverpool region.

"It further demonstrates the importance of Liverpool John Lennon Airport as a global gateway.

"This new link will further reinforce Liverpool as a destination on the international map.

"It offers another opportunity to attract new visitors to our wealth of attractions and enhance the business connections of the area."

Kev

09-15-2006, 08:35 AM

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are preparing to lodge major objections to John Lennon Airport's plan to treble passenger numbers by 2030.

Initial consultation on the airport expansion plan was due to end today, and Friends of the Earth last night called into question the projections put forward for passenger numbers in the 25-year masterplan.

It also raised concerns about the increase in greenhouse gases produced if air traffic increases in line with the £600m development.

The pressure group says aviation will use up the country's entire Kyoto Convention quota for carbon emissions by 2037 if all UK airports go ahead with similar plans to expand.

FoE says it means no-one in the country would be allowed to turn on a light or drive a car, because too much pollution would be emitted by planes.

North West FoE chairman Frank Kennedy said: "Liverpool airport's flight traffic has been growing at 17% or more over the past five years.

"According to their figures in this masterplan, they expect us to believe that they'll slash that growth to just 6.3% for the next 10 years, then down to a mere 2.6% after that - which is how they claim they'll arrive at 12.3m passengers by 2030.

"It's hard to believe that they'll really cut growth so far, so fast, so these figures need taking with a pinch of salt."

He added: "Of course, we need the growth in flying to slow right down - which would start to happen if, for instance, the air travel industry was told to pay its proper share of taxes.

"If flying were really to increase as Liverpool, Manchester and every other airport in the country seems to want, in 30 years' time we'd all need to have given up using every other form of energy derived from oil, coal or gas - from cars to cookers.

"Otherwise, we'd be facing real climate chaos." continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17751303%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26page=2%26headline=green%2dthreat%2dto%2dairport% 2dplans-name_page.html).....

Kev

09-15-2006, 12:26 PM

Sloyne

09-21-2006, 01:04 AM

AIRLINE operator Flyglobespan is considering switching its US Liverpool route from Newark airport to New York's iconic JFK. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/thebusinessweek/regionalnews/tm_objectid=17753171%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=jla%2dto%2djfk%2dlink%2dreal%2dpossibli ty-name_page.html)I have heard that the switch is now official. Must be for economic reasons, EWR is closer to downtown Manhatten than JFK and has better local transportation links to the downtown than does JFK.

Waterways

09-21-2006, 09:57 AM

Waterways

09-21-2006, 10:00 AM

I have heard that the switch is now official. Must be for economic reasons, EWR is closer to downtown Manhatten than JFK and has better local transportation links to the downtown than does JFK.

But JFK is better for connections to other parts of North America.

Howie

09-21-2006, 10:45 AM

Lennon's lyrics in airport touchdown
Sep 21 2006
By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff

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A GIANT coloured vinyl quoting John Lennon lyrics has been installed at Liverpool airport.

The artwork is the last one from this year's Liverpool Biennial to be completed and is now on display to passengers.

The work, by Portuguese artist and political activist Rigo 23, has been hung around the check-in area, arrivals area, and on the glass facade of the airport terminal building.

They are daubed with excerpts from Lennon's songs.

More (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17793722%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=lennon%2ds%2dlyrics%2din%2dairport%2dto uchdown-name_page.html)...

lindylou

09-21-2006, 12:47 PM

That's good. I like it.

Paul D

09-21-2006, 05:20 PM

Big Apple's BIG hopes on air link.

START spreading the news - Liverpool's reputation is already on the rise in the Big Apple thanks to our new transatlantic air link.

American companies have started contacting Liverpool John Lennon airport about potential business opportunities, eight months before the first Liverpool to New York service takes off on May 25 next year.

JLA managing director Neil Pakey revealed he has received several approaches from US-based firms eager to exploit the new route.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17795793%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=big%2dapple%2ds%2dbig%2dhopes%2don%2dai r%2dlink%2d-name_page.html

SteH

10-02-2006, 01:25 PM

2 more Ryanair planes are being based at the airport from this week starting routes to Alghero, Ancona, Santiago, Santander, Tempere, Kaunas, Aberdeen, Inverness, Krakow, Wroclaw and Poznan.

Howie

10-04-2006, 09:56 AM

Airport’s 11 new routes bring the world closer
Oct 4 2006
Ryanair forges even more links between Liverpool and Europe. Alan Weston reports
by Alan Weston, Liverpool Daily Post

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/oct2003/1/3/000DA253-8CF9-1F7A-9C2F80BFB6FA0000.jpg

LIVERPOOL'S John Lennon Airport is to be linked for the first time to Finland and Lithuania with the launch of 11 new routes.

They are among the international destinations being offered from this week by budget airline Ryanair, making it the largest carrier at the airport.

Its total number of routes from Speke now stands at 34, which is expected to increase its total passenger numbers to 2.8m per annum.

Four new European destinations were launched yesterday. These were to Santiago (Spain), Wroclaw (Poland), Kaunas (Lithuania), and Ancona (Italy).

In addition, the airport's link to Scotland was restored for the first time since last year with the launch of daily flights to Aberdeen and Inverness.

By Friday, an extra five will have been added - to Santander (Spain), Tampere (Finland), Alghero (Sardinia), and two in Poland, Poznan and Krakow.

Except for Aberdeen and Inverness, most of the new routes will operate three times weekly. Tampere operates four times per week.

The airport said the new routes would be in demand by both business and leisure users, with Aberdeen a popular ski destination.

UK sales manager Caroline Baldwin said traffic had increased eight-fold since Ryanair launched its first service from Liverpool in May 1988.

"This week we are delighted to add 11 routes from the North West which will deliver 600 new jobs, 600,000 more passengers and £80m additional tourism spend in Merseyside," she said.

The Dublin-based firm said it had carried in excess of 5.2m passengers since launching its services from Liverpool.

Two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft have been added to the fleet for the extra routes, bringing the total up to seven.

JLA spokesman Robin Tudor said: "When Liverpool was chosen to be the 2008 European Capital of Culture back in 2003, we were determined to bring new services from all corners of Europe so that visitors would come to Liverpool and the North West.

"This latest list of new destinations to be served from Liverpool means Merseyside now has direct flights to 59 UK and European destinations. It's amazing to think that less than 10 years ago, there were just three. It's only recently that we've started to see new destinations to northern Europe."

To celebrate the 11 new routes, the 11th passenger to check in for the Aberdeen flight - Mary and Ged Coughlan from North Wales - were treated to champagne and free flights.

In August, Ryanair announced record quarterly profits - up 80% - despite rocketing fuel costs. It has vowed never to introduce a fuel surcharge, a ploy used by rivals such as British Airways.

Continental routes

TO Santiago (Spain),

Wroclaw (Poland),

Kaunas (Lithuania),

Ancona (Italy).

Santander (Spain),

Tampere (Finland),

Alghero (Sardinia),

Poznan (Poland)

Krakow (Poland).

Source: icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=airport%2D%2D8217%2Ds-11-new-routes-bring-the-world-closer%26method=full%26objectid=17866712%26page=1% 26siteid=50061-name_page.html)

Kev

10-05-2006, 04:46 PM

TWO great airport brand names will be linked after it was confirmed that flights from Liverpool's John Lennon airport will fly to New York's JFK airport when daily services begin in May. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=now-it%2D%2D8217%2Ds-jla-to-jfk-for-flyglobespan%2D%2D8217%2Ds-new-air-link%26method=full%26objectid=17874707%26siteid=50 061-name_page.html)

Paul D

10-06-2006, 01:35 PM

Aer Lingus sale could bring more US routes

RYANAIR'S £1bn bid to take over Irish rival Aer Lingus could open up opportunities for more routes out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport to the US.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/thebusinessweek/regionalnews/tm_headline=aer-lingus-sale-could-bring-more-us-routes%26method=full%26objectid=17882286%26siteid= 50061-name_page.html

I hope this takeover goes through.:)

Paul D

10-06-2006, 01:41 PM

JLA expansion plans must include rail, says council

AIRPORT officials will be asked to include a rail link to Runcorn and tramway to south Liverpool's new transport hub in their ambitious expansion plans.

Councillors want public transport access to be increased to stop traffic gridlock in Speke.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=jla-expansion-plans-must-include-rail%2D-says-council%26method=full%26objectid=17882549%26siteid =50061-name_page.html

franky1

10-06-2006, 08:15 PM

I have used many airports in mytime and i find Liverpool unique and the workers there seem to have a personel pride in there job.

Kev

10-06-2006, 09:15 PM

I have used many airports in mytime and i find Liverpool unique and the workers there seem to have a personel pride in there job.

Welcome Franky1 :Colorz_Grey_PDT_16::PDT_Piratz_26:

lindylou

10-06-2006, 09:29 PM

Hello Franky1

Paul D

10-07-2006, 01:44 PM

Air Malta has announced that it will be connecting JLA to Malta from May next year.:)

Howie

11-01-2006, 10:42 AM

Easyjet celebrates JLA landmark
Nov 1 2006

BUDGET airline Easyjet flew its 15 millionth

passenger from Liverpool John Lennon Airport yesterday.

Stacey Copeland, from Morecambe, was presented with champagne as she checked in to her Belfast

flight, and fellow passengers were offered cake for the occasion.

Easyjet began operations in Liverpool in October 1997, with flights to

Amsterdam.

The airline now offers 27 flights a day to 16 domestic and European destinations from its Liverpool base.

Katie St!tson, the

company's UK market manager, thanked passengers for their support.

Story continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=easyjet-celebrates-jla-landmark%26method=full%26objectid=18024746%26sitei

d=50061-name_page.html#story_continue)...

SteH

11-01-2006, 06:08 PM

Flyglobespan began operations from the airport

today with their first daily flight to Tenerfife, which is operating via London Stansted till 19th December then direct.

Max

11-01-2006, 11:53 PM

My sister and dad are going to Paris from Speke airport next Wednesday!

The Computer will be all mine for a few

days!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Kev

11-22-2006, 05:38 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon airport has signed a two-year sponsorship deal to promote European Capital of Culture. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=airport-celebrates-two%2Dyear-capital-of-culture-sponsorship-deal%26method=full%26objectid=18137716%26siteid=50 061-name_page.html)

Kev

12-19-2006, 01:42 PM

A BIGGER Liverpool John Lennon airport has won the support of the people of Merseyside.

The airport's draft masterplan for growth to 2030 launched in July could lead to passenger levels of 12.3m a year and an 11,300-strong workforce.

More than 60% of people who responded to the airport's consultation exercise said they were in favour of JLA growing. continues (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=airport-expansion-plan-has-public-support%26method=full%26objectid=18287073%26siteid =50061-name_page.html).....

Kev

01-17-2007, 05:25 PM

Flyglobespan has announced that it is to extend its summer flights from Liverpool Airport to New York into its winter schedule. The long-haul budget airline originally intended to run the route during summer only, but high ticket sales have led to an extension of the service.

Daily flights from Liverpool to New York JFK take off on May 25. Flyglobespan chairman, Tom Dalrymple, said: 'We have been very pleased at the initial reaction to our decision to fly daily from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to New York. Since the first news of our flights, there has been considerable interest and very encouraging responses from both sides of the Atlantic.'

SteH

01-17-2007, 06:31 PM

Great news, booked last night to go in June, still for cheaper than any Manchester airlines even after I paid for the premium:celb (6): service upgrade

SteH

02-06-2007, 07:46 PM

Ryanair are throwing the gauntlet to easyjet by going head to head with them on the Alicante and Palma routes from April. These replace the seasonal Salzburg and Grenoble routes.

Andy Pandy

03-01-2007, 11:21 AM

JLA is a favourite of Polish immigrants moving to the North of England. I wouldn't be suprised if the increase in movement of labour in Europe has helped a lot to increase the airport's fortunes.

Sloyne

03-03-2007, 09:18 PM

JLA is a favourite.Andy, JLA are the IATA call letters for an airport called Quartz Creek which is located in a place called Cooper Lodge which is in the US state of Alaska. Liverpool John Lennon Airport IATA call letter designates are LPL.

SteH

03-04-2007, 10:35 AM

Even LPL airport bosses are referring to themselves as JLA now though, have a look at the press releases (http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/page.php?p=3&month=Oct&archive=2006)on their website. I hope nobody does make the mistake of booking a flight to this place in Alaska, there was a case not so long ago when somebody thought they'd got a great deal from Birmingham to an American city (cant remember which one) and only found out why the price was so good at the airport - their ticket was from Birmingham, Alabama!

Sloyne

03-04-2007, 03:10 PM

Even LPL airport bosses are referring to themselves as JLA now though, have a look at the press releases (http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/page.php?p=3&month=Oct&archive=2006)on their website.Yes I know they are, however, it is still the wrong designates for that airport. They, LPL management, are only limiting their own marketability by choosing to missname themselves as JLA. LPL has been the Liverpool airport designates since it's existance, or at least since they moved to Speke from Hooten. The world wide travel industry know Liverpool Airport as LPL, it is only those in the metro-Liverpool area who insist on misnaming the place.

By the way, Toronto is named 'Lester B. Pearson International Airport', no one calls it LPA and no one uses anything other than YYZ as it's designate. But then again, Liverpool are advertising flights to Toronto which actually land in Hamilton, Ontario. No one that I know of would consider Hamilton (YHM) a Toronto area airport. In fact, it is easier to get to Buffalo, NY., airport from Hamilton's Mount Hope, John Munro Airport than to downtown Toronto. Also, British Airways advertise, periodically in the St Petersburg Times, a Tampa-Liverpool flight but, and if you read the fine print you will notice that this flight is via London, Gatwick (LGW) and Manchester (MAN) with no connection, whatsoever, to LPL. But hey! if it sells, why not?

For those interested, below is a link to JLA (Quartz Creek Airport), Cooper Lodge, AK., USA.; http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/JLA.html

Kev

03-16-2007, 10:44 AM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport was yesterday named as the fastest-growing in the UK. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=john-lennon-airport-the-fastest%2Dgrowing-in-uk%26method=full%26objectid=18762976%26siteid=5006 1-name_page.html)

:PDT11

Kev

03-20-2007, 07:52 PM

SteH

03-20-2007, 09:23 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Airport will become a gateway to the world in a move by airport and civic leaders to link it with a major European airline. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=jla-seeks-to-become-gateway-to-the-world%26method=full%26objectid=18778483%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html)

I think thats a must for the airport to join the big league get even more visitors into the city. No disrespect intended, but its ridiculous that Norwich, Humberside and Durham Tees Valley airports offer worldwide connections but not Liverpool.

Sloyne

03-20-2007, 10:48 PM

No disrespect intended, but its ridiculous that Norwich, Humberside and Durham Tees Valley airports offer worldwide connections but not Liverpool.They all have London (LHR-LGW) connections and those airlines serving them have either alliance partnerships or interline agreements. Liverpool is the only major European city outside a 200K radius of it's nations primary air gateway that doesn't have an air link with that major gateway.

SteH

03-21-2007, 12:00 AM

They all have London (LHR-LGW) connections and those airlines serving them have either alliance partnerships or interline agreements. Liverpool is the only major European city outside a 200K radius of it's nations primary air gateway that doesn't have an air link with that major gateway.

KLM and Amsterdam is the gateway to the world for Norwich and Humberside, I dont think Humberside has an air link with London. I'd be extremely surprised if any interlining agreement came via London, as BA are too far up their own backsides to have the foresight to operate any of its umpteen operations a day from Manchester to London from Liverpool instead.

Sloyne

03-21-2007, 12:44 AM

I dont think Humberside has an air link with London. They (HUY) do but it is via Aberdeen on British Midland, beleive it or not. I'd be extremely surprised if any interlining agreement came via London.All airlines have some form of interline agreements at Heathrow and British Airways (BA) is part of the 'Oneworld Alliance' alliance. British Midland (BD) is part of the 'Star Alliance'. However, if Liverpool can gain a legacy carrier to operate to a major European hub, a hub like Schipol, CDG or FRA, it would be a fantastic coupe for the airport.

Kev

03-27-2007, 12:37 PM

A MULTI-million pound expansion of John Lennon Airport is set to see an 11-storey hotel and a 900-space car park. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=hotel-plans-at-jla%26method=full%26objectid=18814759%26siteid=500 61-name_page.html)

Paul D

03-27-2007, 01:44 PM

More great news,we seem to be getting a lot of that lately.:)

Kev

04-11-2007, 03:01 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon airport is back to 24-hour operation after the completion of most of its runway improvement works. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=true-grit%26method=full%26objectid=18886475%26siteid=50 061-name_page.html)

SteH

04-12-2007, 01:31 PM

if Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary's planned venture comes to fruition more transaltlantic services could be on the way at the end of the decade.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/04/11/213208/ryanair-boss-michael-oleary-plans-launch-of-transatlantic-no-frills-airline-with-fleet-of-50.html

Sloyne

04-12-2007, 01:52 PM

If the EU predictions for air transportation for the next 20 years are correct then Europe will need far more runway space than they now have. This bodes well for Liverpool. Liverpool is situated on the western edge of Europe under major flight paths from North America and the Polar routes from Asia. With room for three more runways in the Mersey estuary Liverpool, potentially, has a very bright furure indeed. I understand that bedrock, that far up river, is less than 4 meters below the high water mark.

SteH

05-15-2007, 01:28 AM

Wizzair (http://wizzair.com/about_us/news/default.asp#Pxj2l9b)is to run three flights a week from Liverpool to Bucharest from October.

SteH

05-19-2007, 10:28 AM

A massive tent is being constructed at the airport with temporary check in desks, bars and shops to accommodate fans travelling to Athens.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=airport-prepares-for-an-army-of-travelling-fans%26method=full%26objectid=19130531%26siteid=50 061-name_page.html

chippie

05-19-2007, 10:59 AM

I hope that they,ve brushed the front of the airport, everytime I go there it looks a right mess. What a welcome for visitors.:disgust:

Sloyne

05-21-2007, 03:18 PM

Who would like to fly to New York or San Francisco for £7.00? This article appeared in the business section of last weeks Liverpool Daily Post. http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/thebusinessweek/regionalnews/tm_headline=%2D%2D8216%2D%2Dpound%2D7-to-jfk-in-three-years%2D%2D8217%2D%26method=full%26objectid=191455 88%26siteid=50061-name_page.html

A.D.W

05-21-2007, 11:22 PM

Sloyne

05-22-2007, 02:17 PM

The question is how much would it cost to get back to good old Blighty?!:PDT_Xtremez_42:Go'on, I give up; just how much would it cost?:)

phredd

05-22-2007, 04:16 PM

All very well costing £7-00 to get to America. The question is how much would it cost to get back to good old Blighty?!

:PDT_Xtremez_42:

Delete 'Blighty' insert 'Liverpool'

SteH

06-16-2007, 12:24 AM

Ryanair will add another destination from Liverpool in October with flights to Stockholm Skavtska.

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=07&month=jun&story=rte-en-140607

Kev

06-20-2007, 09:07 PM

OUCH!

LIVERPOOL’S daily direct flight to New York is about to be scrapped after just one month, bosses announced today. more (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=new-york-flights-axed%26method=full%26objectid=19327703%26siteid=50 061-name_page.html)

Ged

06-20-2007, 09:12 PM

Cut I think, rather than scrapped altogether.

SteH

06-20-2007, 09:43 PM

Cut I think, rather than scrapped altogether.

Its not possible to book after October 30th on the globespan website,having initially meant to run till January at least. Can't say I'm surprised its struggled given the stops at Knock, lack of onward connections and serious delays. Hopefully the airport can attract a proper airline to the route.

gorgeous

06-30-2007, 08:46 PM

My friends son has just phoned her to say , the airport is being evacuated ,
Has anyone else heard what's going on , ?

Kev

06-30-2007, 09:03 PM

nope, heard nothing

gorgeous

06-30-2007, 09:14 PM

Hiya Kev ,
Yes it's deffinatley being evacuated,

Shapers

06-30-2007, 09:42 PM

Been an explosion at Glasgow airport.

iain

06-30-2007, 09:52 PM

Wall to wall coverage on any of the news channels - suspected terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport

gorgeous

06-30-2007, 09:54 PM

Hi Shapers , yep know about Glasgow , Just wondering what's gone on at Liverpool . Another friend has been diverted to Manchester , so that's still up & running. but there seems to be nothing being said about Liverpool.

iain

06-30-2007, 09:58 PM

Hopefully they're just being more cautious :shock:

Shapers

06-30-2007, 10:01 PM

Best being cautious. Terrorists are closing in. Liverpool and Manchester being major cities should be more cautious than most places.

gorgeous

06-30-2007, 10:06 PM

God i hope so ,

Lady

06-30-2007, 10:28 PM

They have closed Newcastle as well, i think it must be for safty reasons because the state is now critical,

God - whats it all coming to

Jacky x

gorgeous

06-30-2007, 10:37 PM

Apparently ,,, The bloody nutter taken to Glasgow Hospital had a device strapped to him , now the hopital has been evacuated. .

Yes it seems ALL airports are on Critical alert , obviously those already in the air have to land somewhere , and it looks like Manchester is where they'll be landing.

Howie

07-01-2007, 02:08 AM

JLA shut as police investigate 'suspect car'
Jul 1 2007

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/liverpoolpost/jul2007/7/0/7EDC8F77-09BD-9F0D-2BE4DBCC23BA7D2D.jpg

LIVERPOOL'S John Lennon Airport was closed last night after police launched an investigation into a suspect vehicle - just hours after a burning Jeep had tried to plough into a terminal at Glasgow.

The airport was closed at 8.30pm as a precaution after the terror car bomb attack at Glasgow.

More (http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/07/01/jla-shut-as-police-investigate--suspect-car--64375-19383381/)...

Paul D

07-11-2007, 02:57 PM

LIVERPOOL John Lennon airport dealt with more than half a million passengers in June.

Managers said it was on track to handle about 5.5 million passengers this year.

SteH

07-21-2007, 08:29 AM

AK1

07-21-2007, 01:22 PM

Ryanair is axing the routes to Kaunas, Aberdeen and Inverness from November. No doubt they'll be replaced by other services, but this means there will now be no air services to anywhere on the mainland UK from Liverpool. Coupled with woefully inadequate rail links this is not good for capital of culture year.

All airports are suffering because of the increase in people using rail instead of air to travel around the UK. Manchester airport has seen a large drop in the number of people using domestic flights.

jon_hall

07-21-2007, 08:18 PM

All airports are suffering because of the increase in people using rail instead of air to travel around the UK. Manchester airport has seen a large drop in the number of people using domestic flights.

I'd agree with that. Used BMI from Manchester to Heathrow twice this year, both due to travelling to Richmond and it worked out cheaper than the train.

One was a friday evening about 6.30 and i was one of about 20 on board a plan which must have been approx 140 seater. Other one was on Easter Friday and was only busier due to families travelling down to London for a visit or mainly to transfer to other flights. Still wasn't half full.

SteH

07-25-2007, 08:25 AM

Ryanair have called a 1030am press conference at the airport to announce more new routes, or at the least replacement of the ones that are finishing.

Kev

07-25-2007, 02:40 PM

RYANAIR today announced six new routes and the return of two winter destinations from Liverpool John Lennon airport.

Flights will start at the end of October to George Best Belfast City airport, the Hungar-ian capital of Budapest, Tenerife and Fuerteventura in the Canaries, and Bydgoszcz and Lodz in Poland.

Services to Grenoble in France and Salzburg in Austria will begin in December to serve this winter’s skiing season.

Lodz is Poland's third largest city, located in the centre of the country. Bydgoszcz is in northern Poland on the Brda and Vistula rivers and is the eighth biggest city in Poland. Read (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/07/25/airline-s-eight-new-routes-from-jla-100252-19517539/)

SteH

07-26-2007, 08:31 PM

These routes would appear to be replacing Ancona, Bergerac, Nimes, Santiago, Santander which arent bookable in the ryanair system at the moment for the winter period.

Good to see Budapest added, but a bit strange you can fly to Riga, Warsaw, Budapest and Bucharest but not Prague from Liverpool.

miguel

08-08-2007, 04:39 PM

Today, low-cost carrier, easyJet announced it’s to commence two new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to the Capital of Portugal, Lisbon, and to Innsbruck the regional Capital of Tyrol, situated in Western Austria.
The introduction of these two new destinations links Liverpool with Lisbon and Innsbruck for the very first time. easyJet’s service from Liverpool to Lisbon will begin 2nd November 2007 and will serve the Capital four times a week offering passengers in the North West the perfect winter city break. The route to Innsbruck will operate three times a week starting on 8th January 2008 and is the ideal place for skiers and snowboarders alike to reach the heart of the Alps.

jon_hall

08-08-2007, 08:42 PM

SteH

08-08-2007, 08:48 PM

Assuming the Innsbruck one will be winter only.

Lisbon is lovely, so a good route that if it takes off (pardon the pun)

Mind i've only been when Liverpool played there the other year.

And easy to get from airport to centre, bus goes often and taxi's are very reasonable and take about 15-20 mins max into centre.

Have you noticed that easyjet and ryanair have a habit of starting a route within months or a few years of Liverpool playing there - Kaunas, Lisbon, Seville, Cologne, Rome amongst others.

I had mixed views on Lisbon (went for Benfica last year, assume when you did), on the one hand it was cheap and had some nice buildings. On the other some parts of it looked third world and he number of people openly selling drugs in the centre was disturbing.

jon_hall

08-08-2007, 08:52 PM

Have you noticed that easyjet and ryanair have a habit of starting a route within months or a few years of Liverpool playing there - Kaunas, Lisbon, Seville, Cologne, Rome amongst others.

I had mixed views on Lisbon (went for Benfica last year, assume when you did), on the one hand it was cheap and had some nice buildings. On the other some parts of it looked third world and he number of people openly selling drugs in the centre was disturbing.

Yep we discussed this amongst freinds last year. Easy jet also started flying to the asian Istanbul airport last year. We used it to go to Galatassaray last December.

Rumours are they'll be off to Toulouse in October :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Only problem with Lisbon is bugger all was open in the centre after the match (assume the dock area was open) and we ended up in one of the hotel bars instead.

SteH

08-08-2007, 08:55 PM

Yep we discussed this amongst freinds last year. Easy jet also started flying to the asian Istanbul airport last year. We used it to go to Galatassaray last December.

Rumours are they'll be off to Toulouse in October :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Only problem with Lisbon is bugger all was open in the centre after the match (assume the dock area was open) and we ended up in one of the hotel bars instead.

We had that problem after the match as well, ended up getting a taxi to the Docas. I thought it was very subdued for a capital city.

jon_hall

08-08-2007, 08:59 PM

We had that problem after the match as well, ended up getting a taxi to the Docas. I thought it was very subdued for a capital city.

Probably the time of year as well, wasn't very warm to be honest.

Love the euro aways but iunfortunately they've become far too popular now.

I remember getting drowned in Bucharest in 2003, even saw Djimi score for the correct side as well...

SteH

08-09-2007, 05:47 PM

Probably the time of year as well, wasn't very warm to be honest.

Love the euro aways but iunfortunately they've become far too popular now.

I remember getting drowned in Bucharest in 2003, even saw Djimi score for the correct side as well...

Agree over the euro aways, I give the biggest a wide berth as too many idiots. Two of the best ones for me have been Kaunas and Liberec.

SteH

08-09-2007, 05:51 PM

Not to be outdone by easyjet, Ryanair have today announced that there will be 4 flights a week to Valencia from 31st October

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=07&month=aug&story=gen-en-090807

jon_hall

08-09-2007, 06:05 PM

Agree over the euro aways, I give the biggest a wide berth as too many idiots. Two of the best ones for me have been Kaunas and Liberec.

Didn't get to either of those, though some people i know claimed they were being ripped off at 12p a pint rather than 10p in Liberec.

SteH

08-16-2007, 11:18 PM

Ryanair will be serving Madrid as well from October, flying 3 times a week using a Madrid based aircraft

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070816/tbs-uk-ryanair-spain-5d0af8e_1.html

Kev

08-23-2007, 04:19 PM

Had the best experience of flight travel from Liverpool John Lennon Airport last week and today (my arrival back). Completely hastle free both ways, enjoyed the experience which is unusual as I hate flying.

GingerTheCat

08-23-2007, 08:56 PM

I also really enjoyed my recent trip to Dublin with Ryanair.

I used their Internet check in service which lets you print out your boarding card on your printer at home! It worked well but I felt sorry for the checkin staff who were struggling to rip off the detachable sections of the printoff from presumably a wide variety of different types of paper.

Queues were quite long with the extra travel restrictions though. Some poor guy was even asked to remove his shoes and my bottle of water was spotted and rejected by security staff.

Mike

jon_hall

08-24-2007, 11:50 AM

Don't think i never fly out of the uk without having to take my shoes off these days. Always make sure i have socks with no bloody holes in them for the flight out. Never ever get asked on the way back from a foreign airport.

And those paper boading passes should be easy to tear, as they only need to fold it and tear along the edge of a desk.

Howie

09-17-2007, 12:02 AM

Airport strike threat
Sep 15 2007
By Neil Hodgson, Liverpool Echo

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/) could be shut down as a strike looms in a bitter pay row.

The dispute is over pay talks for firefighters, maintenance and bird scarers which should have been settled last April.

Staff have rejected the airport’s last offer.

Airport bosses say they are prepared to meet with unions again next month to discuss the pay offer.

But the GMB said after six months of waiting the workers have lost patience and a ballot for industrial action could be called next week.

Morale is also said to be low after recent redundancies among baggage handlers.

Should firefighters walk off the job, the airport would be forced to close due to lack of safety cover.

Eddie Parker, GMB union regional organiser, said: “Our members would not, at this moment, be slow to request a mandate for potential industrial action.

“They have concerns with regards to their future at JLA. A number of changes have taken place there over the past couple of years.”

Airport chiefs have indicated they want to increase their ‘final offer’ and the union is keen to re-open negotiations but Mr Parker warned that they expect a significantly higher offer than previous talks.

He said: “The company are aware our members are looking for an above inflation pay rise.

“The last offer tabled by management was worth 3.2%, excluding add-ons for firefighters.

“This should have been settled in April and inflation then was 4.3%-4.4%, so we were looking for 5%, on top of other elements for the fire station.”

He added: “The company suggested meeting in October but we want to meet next week.

“We are hopeful of meeting with senior management to improve the industrial relations at JLA.”

Robin Tudor, JLA spokesman said: “This is all part of our annual pay awards and we want to keep talking and a date has been set for early October.

“We are keen to find a solution and still want to talk and resolve this and hopefully with this date set we hope this can happen.”

The dispute continues as JLA was named UK Airport of the Year at London’s Travel Trade Gazette awards.

Judges chose the winner based on their own experience of the finalists as well as passenger and airline growth, improvements to public transport access, environmental initiatives and work with the local community.

Liverpool JLA managing director Neil Pakey said: “To win the industry’s most prestigious airport award is a recognition of both Peel’s belief in turning the airport into a real regional gateway and to the employees and businesses who work here to turn the investment into a real experience.”

neilhodgson@liverpoolecho.co.uk

Source: Liverpool Echo (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/09/15/airport-strike-threat-100252-19794997/)