British Airways announces new flights from Leeds Bradford to London (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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British Airways announces new flights from Leeds Bradford to London
10:16am Wednesday 27th June 2012 in Local Video By Michael Black
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Celebrating with one of British Airways' premium beds are Andy Lord, director of operations for British Airways, and John Parkin, Leeds Bradford Airport CEO
British Airways is to start four-times-a-day flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Heathrow.
The daily service will give business and leisure customers the opportunity to connect with British Airways' global network from Heathrow.
The flights are timed to offer convenient onward connections enabling Yorkshire based customers to fly with British Airways from Leeds Bradford to key worldwide destinations such as Hong Kong, New York, Johannesburg, Singapore and Sydney.
Flights will start on December 9, 2012.
Announcing the news today Andy Lord, British Airways director of operations, said: “This is a welcome return to Yorkshire for British Airways and we are very excited about flying from this excellent, commercially important airport once again."