Leeds Bradford Airport aims to expand after new terminal dropped

Leeds Bradford Airport still aims to almost double passenger numbers despite scrapping plans for a new terminal building, its CE has said. Vincent Hodder said the existing building would be expanded to cope with up to seven million passengers. On Thursday the airport dropped its plan for a new GBP150m terminal. Bosses said they had withdrawn the proposals because of "excessive delays" and the decision to hold a public inquiry into the development. Hodder said the airport would now press ahead with existing terminal expansion plans, which were approved by Leeds City Council in 2019. He described the shelving of the new building scheme as a "massive disappointment". "It's forced us to go back and relook at our options and all the other different pathways we could follow to deliver the growth for the airport," he said. "If we take the approvals that we already have and work with those in a really creative way we're able to move forward from now with certainty and deliver exactly what our customers need which is a modern decarbonized airport with the capacity for seven million passengers."<br/>