New services for 2009/2010 from Liverpool John Lennon Airport include:
New Ryanair Service from Liverpool John Lennon Airport March 1 2010
Ryanair has annouced a new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Szczecin in Poland. The service will begin in May.
It takes the number of Polish destinations from the Livwerpool Airport to nine, matching London Stansted as the biggest provider of flights to the country in the UK.
New Liverpool Airport Services to Rhodes December 11 2009
Easyjet is announced a new connection from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Diagoras Airport on Rhodes for the first time next year. Neil Pakey, deputy chief executive of Peel Airports, welcomed the new connection’s announcement saying: “It’s great to have a Greek island destination amongst our portfolio.”
New Ryannair services from Liverpool Airport November 19 2009
Budget airline Ryanair is to increase its aircrafts and flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) in time for summer 2010.
The airline announced today that it will be adding two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to its existing fleet of six aircraft at the Liverpool-based airport.
Ryanair will open three new routes, taking their total number of destinations to 44 in total from March 2010. The three new routes from Liverpool are to Rimini on the Italian east coast, Trapini on the west coast of the Italian island of Sicily and Lodz in Poland.
In addition the airline will also increase frequencies on existing services to Faro, Krakow, Poznan and Wroclaw.
In a statement the airline said these latest developments brought annual passenger traffic at Liverpool to over 2.5 million for the airline, "sustaining thousands of local jobs at the airport and across the region".
Neil Pakey, deputy chief executive of Peel Airports said: "Today's news further confirms Ryanair's commitment to the region, continuing to give North West passengers a greater choice of services at some of the most competitive fares.
"For example, Liverpool now serves more Italian destinations than almost all other UK regional airports thanks to today’s news. You could say 'That's amore' than we've ever had flying from here before!"
Ryanair celebrated the announcement of this further expansion of its Liverpool base, by releasing one million £1 seats for travel across its European network from mid-December until the end of January which are available for booking before midnight November 20th.
New EasyJet service from Liverpool Airport November 6 2009
EasyJet has launched their new route from Liverpool Airport to the Canary Islands yesterday.
The airline has commenced services using a brand new Airbus A320 jet and with the new link serving the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
The new flights will bring the total number served by EasyJet at Liverpool Airport to 23, with three new routes to Dubrovnik, Naples and Bordeaux having been launched earlier this year.
Commercial manager of EasyJet, Trevor Spinks said that the airline had listened to customer feedback calling for more routes to the sun, and EasyJet was confident that the two new routes to the Canaries will be a huge success.
Ryanair boost for Liverpool Airport July 31 2009
Ryanair provided Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) with a boost today as it announced five routes for winter.
The airline, which is Liverpool’s largest with 41 routes, has been complaining vigourously about the effects of Air Passenger Duty (APD), which it describes it as “a tourism tax”.
It cut 40% of its winter capacity from Stansted Airport last week – due to a combination of APD and the costs of that airport – but will maintain full capacity from JLA this winter.
Ryanair’s new routes are Canary Islands’ Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, Rzeszow in Poland, and Bratislava, Slovakia.
It is reinstating its winter route to Faro, Portugal, and continuing summer routes to Kaunas, Lithuania, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Although Ryanair is yet to finalise its winter schedule, which will see some seasonal cuts, today’s announcement was good news for JLA.
Airport spokesperson Robin Tudor said: “Clearly it’s a tough time out there and Liverpool as an airport is not exempt.
“We are looking to grow the airport but at the moment a lot of our efforts are in maintaining existing business.
“Whilst Ryanair are one of the best-placed to ride out this period, so to see them put this commitment into the airport is very positive.”
Passenger numbers at JLA were down 14% year-on-year between January and June, although the second quarter of 2009 showed an improvement ahead of the crucial summer season.
Dara Brady, Ryanair’s deputy head of European sales and marketing, said: “Announcing five new destinations and maintaining our full capacity in Liverpool shows the relationship we have with Liverpool Airport.
“It will be one of the few places where we continue to do well and who continue to work with us.
“In Liverpool our growth has been pretty consistent and we are going to consolidate that.”
Additional Ryanair routes from Liverpool Airport July 31 2009
Liverpool airport will have a total of five new routes in October, with Bratislava, Faro and Rzeszow in Poland joining Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. Ryanair is also increasing frequencies on services between Liverpool Airport and Belfast, Alicante, Malaga, Riga, and Wroclaw in Poland.
EasyJet starts new flights from Liverpool Airport July 26 2009
EasyJet has commenced its new services from Liverpool Airport to Naples ( Italy), Bordeaux ( France) and Dubrovnik ( Croatia)
KLM has announced a three times a day service from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Amsterdam, where passengers can fly on to more than 40 destinations.
Wizz Air will start new flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Prague from July 2009
Easy Jet will have new Summer 2009 destinations from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Dubrovnik, Naples and Bordeaux as a result of adding an additional Airbus A320 to its fleet of aircraft based at Liverpool Airport.
EasyJet has announced its 2009/10 winter schedule
The airline is introducing new flights to various destinations in Europe. Liverpool John Lennon Airport is included with new flights to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands commencing in November 2009.
Ken Dodd helps launch Eastern Airways flights from Liverpool John Lennon
Liverpool's best loved comedian Ken Dodd was at Liverpool John Lennon Airport yesterday, July 6 armed with tickling sticks and jam butties to help launch Eastern Airways’ new flights.
Ken was on form, entertaining airport and airline officials and passengers as the UK regional airline’s first scheduled flights from Liverpool to Aberdeen and Southampton took to the skies.
The King of the Diddy men is also Honorary President of local Airport support group, the Friends of Liverpool Airport with the original idea of a friends organisation for the airport coming from him back in 1980.
The Humberside-based independent carrier has introduced three flights each weekday from Liverpool to Aberdeen and also three each weekday to Southampton.
“Ken is very much regarded as a British institution and we’re thrilled he was able to give our new Liverpool services a great send off,” said Roger Hage, Eastern Airways’ ground services manager. “He’s a truly great entertainer and has such a presence, which has made our launch day in Liverpool such a memorable one.”
Neil Pakey, deputy chief executive of Peel Airports, said: “We were ‘tickled pink’ when we heard Ken Dodd was kindly giving up some of his time to come down and help celebrate the launch of these important new services from the airport. He is a tremendous ambassador for the city and has long been a big supporter of the airport.”
Weekday services to Aberdeen depart Liverpool at 10.40am, 4.30pm and 7.20pm, arriving in Aberdeen at 11.50am, 5.50pm and 8.40pm. Flights leave Aberdeen at 6.40am, 2.30pm and 6.20pm, landing in Liverpool at 7.50am, 3.50pm and 7.40pm.
Southampton flights leave Liverpool on weekdays at 8.10am, 4.20pm and 8.10pm, landing at 9am, 5.20pm and 9.10pm. Flights depart Southampton at 9.30am, 3pm and 5.50pm, arriving in Liverpool at 10.20am, 4pm and 6.50pm.
The first passenger to check-in for the Southampton service from Liverpool was oil contractor Edward Smith, who happened to be from Knotty Ash.
“These new flights from Liverpool are very convenient as I’ll be in Southampton for 9am. It’s ideal for me as it’s just 20 minutes from my front door to the airport,” added Edward.
Story from Jacqueline Arends, Clickliverpool.com.
More Easyjet Routes July 6 2009
EasyJey has based new aircraft at John Lennon Liverpool Airport, to service new routes to Dubrovnik,Naples and Bordeaux.
Carly Brear, easyjet’s UK commercial manager, issued a prtess release which said: “Liverpool continues to be our busiest UK base outside of London, and the launch of the new aircraft shows just how much support we have from our customers here.
"We’ve listened to customer feedback and are confident our three newest routes will be a huge success, continuing to expand the choice for our customers in the North of England.”
Commenting on today’s announcement, Neil Pakey, Deputy CEO of Peel Airports said, “easyJet has been crucial to the success of Liverpool Airport over the last 12 years and will continue to be so in the future.
“The new easyJet routes will give passengers even more destinations to choose from this summer, adding Croatia to the list of countries we now serve and expanding our list of destinations in France and Italy.
“The addition of this aircraft to the Liverpool fleet also highlights the continuing importance that easyJet places on its Liverpool operation and their confidence that they have in us, despite the tough economic conditions.”
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