Leeds Bradford expansion plans go to council
22.01.09
Plans to expand the terminal building at Leeds Bradford Airport, creating up to 3,000 jobs, have gone before planning officials. The scheme, announced by the airport's new private equity owners Bridgepoint, is part of a £70m masterplan to increase passenger numbers to 5 million a year by 2013.
The planned two-storey extension, expected to cost £28m, would provide a new passenger security screening zone, a new departure lounge, an improved baggage reclaim hall and better immigration facilities. An extra £450,000 would be spent on improving access roads to the airport, as well as a feasibility study exploring the possibility of a light rail link.
Airport chief executive John Parkin said the ‘exciting’ improvements would help Leeds Bradford lure passengers from Manchester and give the region's economy a boost. He said: ‘At the moment, we have an awful lot of people travelling from our catchment area across the M62.'
Mr Parkin said the expansion was needed for the airport to offer more medium and long-haul flights, a key element of the plan to raise yearly passenger numbers from 2.9 million to five million.
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