Future of LBA-LHR
 

anyone know if the rumours of the flights been stopped between LBA and LHR are true?

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...n_air_link.php

what would happen to ticketed passengers if the flights are cancelled?

The rumours have been doing the rounds for many years for the simple reason that LBA (and MME) have got to be the most vulnerable LHR destinations, period.

It really is only a matter of time before LBA especally goes.

Yeah, Leeds scum! MAN/MEN rules :p

Taxi for Boddingotns..........metre fare only ;)

Yes, you just come here and start shouting that out at the top of your voice after one two many cans of Tetleys... :p

Looks like too much Boddingotns (sic) already early in the day:rolleyes: What's a metre fare?:confused::D:D (meter?)

A very short ride...

Those manucian cabs work in yards n miles :D

(and they'll still ding you the minimum fare!)

I've always wondered about these flights. The train's 2.5 hours and gets you city centre to city centre, not from a godforsaken field in the middle of nowhere to a shopping mall far enough from the centre for the train fare to be higher than the cheapest ticket on the Leeds-London train!
Of course you can connect at LHR- but who would want to do that when you can fly via AMS to dozens if not hundreds of extra destinations?

still interested to know wat they would do to ticketed pax if they pull the route. am ticketed LBA-LHR-FRA-MCO in business class

Change you to the

MAN-LHR-FRA-MCO..but hurry before the MAN-LHR also goes, but why risk flying via LHR when you could have gone MAN-FRA-MCO..the slightest weather problems and MAN-LHR are the first to be delayed or cancelled.

if they shift me to manchester are they liable for the transport cost to manchester?

Nope... :(

But they will offer a refund instead!;):rolleyes:

Main problem is lack of connections between LBA and AMS -- once upon a time there were 6 F50 connections a day. Now just 3 flights a day, and from most European cities one can leave later and still get back to LBA the same day if going via LHR. But there are more onward connections from AMS. Of course if you live close to the "godforsaken field", then lba is actually quite convenient compared to battling ones way through to Leeds railway station.

say if BMI do decide to pull off the route, how much notice will they give, will it be a in 6 months time thing or will it be overnight?