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Travelling from LBA Airport

Where can I fly to from Leeds Bradford Airport?

2020 was certainly a disruptive year for airports and travel. With the UK's vaccine rollout now underway, holiday makers will be asking the important question of where can I fly in summer of 2021?

Leeds Bradford airport (LBA) classifies itself as "Yorkshire's Airport", and with a catchment of West, South, North and East Yorkshire, that means the best part of 5 million people will be starting to think about whether Leeds Bradford airport is a good choice for their summer plans.

The main package holiday passenger airlines at LBA are Jet2.com (and Jet2 Holidays), Ryanair and TUI, with KLM, Eastern Airways, Aer Lingus providing routes into other airports and European cities, as well as Balkan Holidays, Inghams, and Enter Air.

Top airlines from Leeds Bradford

Jet2.com
Ryanair
TUI Airways
Eastern Airways
KLM
Aer Lingus
Balkan Holidays
Inghams
Aurigny
Enter Air

Yorkshire's airport providing a range of holiday destinations and connections into international hubs

Leeds Bradford airport has grown exponentially over the past decades, having serviced only 1.2 million passengers in 1997, to 2.9 million in 2007 and growing further to the 4 million during the year leading up to the Covid-pandemic. It proudly publised plans to grow further to 7 million passengers a year by 2030, which would challenge some of the other larger airports around the UK.

The passenger and destination mix is one of its successes attracting both holiday makers and business customers thanks to its relative smallness, modern facilities and convenience promoting an easy journey through the terminal. From the car parks and drop off area through check-in, security, all the way to the tarmac to board the aircraft is smooth and easy.

Flag carriers such as KLM and Aer Lingus provide flights into the 2 major hubs - Amsterdam and Dublin with onward flights to hundreds of long-haul destinations across the globe including Asia, North America, Australia and Africa.

Whilst Eatern Airways has been successfully picking off domestic Flybe routes (since Flybe went into administration in 2019), and the popular low cost airlines Jet2 and Ryanair have been capitalising on LBA's growth of passenger numbers and popularity.

Leeds Bradford Airport 2021 full destination list

AUSTRIA	Salzburg
BULGARIA	Bourgas
CROATIA	Dubrovnik	Pula	Split
CYPRUS	Larnaca	Paphos
FRANCE	Bergerac	Grenoble	Limoges	Nice	Paris
GREECE	Corfu	Crete	Thessaloniki	Kefalonia	Kos	Rhodes	Zakynthos	Santorini	Skiathos
HUNGARY	Budapest
IRELAND	Dublin
ITALY	Naples	Pisa	Rome	Venice	Verona
LATVIA	Riga
LITHUANIA	Vilnius
MALTA	Malta
HOLLAND	Amsterdam
POLAND	Gdansk	Krakow	Warsaw	Wroclaw
PORTUGAL	Faro - Algarve	Madeira	Funchal
SPAIN	Alicante	Almeria	Menorca	Ibiza	Majorca	Barcelona	Girona	Malaga	Murcia
CANARIES	Fuerteventura	Gran Canaria	Lanzarote	Tenerife
SWITZERLAND	Geneva
TURKEY	Antalya	Bodrum	Dalaman	Izmir
UK	Belfast City	Newquay	Southampton	Guernsey	Jersey

Facilities at LBA airport

Whilst LBA is a relatively small airport compared to certain other airports across the UK and Europe, it has good facilities and makes for a pleasant start to any holiday or business trip.

LBA Car parks

The car parks are in close proximity with the short stay right opposite the terminal extrance, the mid-stay tucked around the corner and walkable from the terminal in a few minutes, and the long stay is only a few minutes on the shuttle bus.

Shopping and eating

As you pass through security, you will walk through the extensive Duty Free shopping area passing stalls from designer clothing brands, perfumes, sun glasses and perfumes to alcohol, wine and spirits. Once through duty free you will arrive in the Food Hall where there is a Burger King, Camden Food co, Starbucks and then onto the Cabin Bar and Beer House.

Lounges

The airport offers 3 different luxury lounges, the Yorkshire Lounge, the White Rose lounge and the Aeroclub lounge. All can be booked online, in advance of travel.

Need to hire a car from Leeds Bradford Airport?

For those arriving into LBA as tourists or coming home, if you need a rental car there are plenty of options all bookable on EnjoyTravel.com

In the terminal you will find Avis, National, Europcar, Enterprise, Alamo and Hertz. For a short shuttle bus journey, you can save money with Easirent who are 5 minutes away and will collect you outside the terminal.