Winter holidaymakers flying from Leeds Bradford International Airport this year will have more choice about where they go.
Ryanair has announced an extended schedule of flights for the airport, increasing its number of routes to thirteen.
Flying high: Ryanair says it's committed to Leeds Bradford (click image to play video)
Yorkshire's regional airport is one of only a handful in the UK to see an expansion in its number of flights. There are also four new winter flight destinations, including Barcelona, Dusseldorf, Gdansk and Fuerteventura.
These extra flights should increase Leeds Bradford's number of passengers by one million people a year and help to sustain a thousand jobs in the region.
Last year almost two and half million people used the airport meaning this "aggressive growth" means that Leeds Bradford is the only airport in England to show signs of expansion this year.
Whilst most other UK airports are still suffering because of the recession, Chief Executive of Leeds Bradford Airport, John Parkin, is optimistic about the future: "We're growing, whilst the majority of other airports in the UK are going in the other direction. The industry is very tough at present but we will stand out as one of the very few airports that will grow, and grow by double digits, in the next year."
Report and video: Laura Pennington
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