LEEDS AIRPORT PROPOSAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT 2020 Today, after scrutinising all and one that will be significantly A LETTER FROM aspects of those plans, I more efficient in heating, HYWEL REES am confident that we can lighting and passenger flow. We accomplish the same result, won’t be growing any larger, but CHIEF EXECUTIVE for the same number of we will be growing smarter and BRADFORD passengers, but in a better more sustainably, to achieve AIRPORT way. Improving the passenger our target of net zero emissions experience, satisfying future from our operations by 2023. At Leeds Bradford Airport, demands and fitting the airport we’re dedicated to giving our with multiple sustainable This building will be one of passengers and airlines an upgrades, from noise reduction the most environmentally experience which exceeds their to promoting electric vehicles. efficient terminals in the UK expectations – one that helps and something the people them to travel lighter and more I’ve been working with of can be rightly effortlessly. That experience infrastructure projects and proud of. begins with a more efficient airports for over 30 years, and sustainable building, so that and I’m truly excited about our passengers enjoy their time the potential for LBA. This with us, every time they travel. project will create a modern, That’s why we want to upgrade well-designed, efficient airport LBA’s facilities by building a terminal building, improving high-quality, modern the LBA experience for all our passenger terminal. airlines and passengers. A year ago, we outlined our At its heart the plan is plans to meet the projected simple, to improve the airport demand of seven million facilities with a building that passengers by 2030 with has a smaller footprint, but an extension to the is designed to the latest existing terminal. state-of-the-art standards,

2 3 Architect’s render of the new Leeds Bradford Airport

THE NEW BUILDING WILL UPGRADE LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT; IT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT TERMINALS IN THE UK, WITH CUTTING-EDGE BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND THE LATEST ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES

4 5 WHY WE NEED TO UPGRADE WHAT ARE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL We know that Leeds Bradford Millions of passengers leave COMMITMENTS? Airport needs significant Yorkshire each year to drive At Leeds Bradford Airport, Our commitment doesn’t stop investment to ensure its along the M62 corridor or we take our environmental at our own emissions. That is long-term future and to better south to catch flights from responsibilities seriously. We why we are encouraging staff at respond to the challenges of Manchester and , are committing to our emissions LBA to car share or use public the 21st Century. We need to adding to traffic on some from operations being net zero transport. We are working reduce queuing times, improve of the UK’s most congested from 2023. We will achieve with transport providers to shopping and dining facilities, roads. Getting our offer right, this target by building on our improve access to LBA as well provide better toilets and with improved service, choice strong track record - over the as transitioning to all electric seating areas. and connectivity will help us past 5 years we have reduced services, and incentivising the to reduce this figure as more emissions from energy use by use of private electric vehicles. Parts of the existing terminal people will start their journey were built in 1965; this has 45% while passenger numbers from LBA. Our upgrade will provide a impacted on the improvements have increased. Our upgrade sustainable terminal fit for the we have been able to make It’s clear that the people of will go beyond the latest future, to enable us to meet our in recent years, limiting our Yorkshire deserve a world-class stringent environmental building planned capacity responsibly, energy efficiency, passenger airport, in terms of service requirements, and deliver and for carbon emissions from flow and the level of service and energy efficiency. energy efficiency and benefit our operations to reach net we can currently offer. from low carbon power. zero significantly faster than Just like other sectors in the UK, current Local and Central we will bridge any gap in our Government targets. emissions to our net zero target through investing in projects that remove carbon, such as tree planting. Our ambition is to support local carbon offsetting initiatives where possible. This carbon commitment places us at the highest level of the Airports Council International’s recognised Airport Carbon Accreditation Standard (ACAS), from the moment we open.

Leeds, 6 7 ROADMAP TO NET KEY ZERO CARBON AIRPORT We’re on a path to growing more sustainably, and achieve our target of net zero emissions from our operations by 2023. We are mapping and measuring our carbon to reduce our Level 1 Airport Level 2 Airport Level 3 Airport Level 3+ Airport footprint, followed by reducing our emissions Accreditation: Accreditation: Accreditation: Accreditation: via electric charging stations and renewable Mapping Reduction Optimisation Neutrality energy. We will then move to offset any remaining emissions by the end of 2023 achieving our net zero target.

Invest in electric fleet/ charging stations 2022

Renewables Level 3 Airport study Accreditation 2020

Upgraded Stakeholder Level 1 Airport low energy engagement Accreditation terminal

Renewable Level 3+ Carbon energy supply Renewables Energy audit Accreditation footprint through investment & action plan Net Zero measurement Green Tariff carbon airport

Offset any Footprint Level 2 Airport Energy remaining verification Accreditation and reporting targets emissions

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8 9 WHAT IS THE AVIATION INDUSTRY DOING ABOUT ITS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS? As the environmental spotlight We will be working with airlines focuses on the emissions from to improve efficiency, to reduce all forms of transport, it is delays and wasted fuel as well easy to miss some key parts as providing incentives for of the story about the aviation the use of newer more fuel- industry’s advances and its efficient aircraft. Whilst electric journey towards net zero-carbon flight is not yet upon us, we emissions. At the heart of the look forward to a future where debate about aviation is the role electric-powered commercial it should play in limiting climate flight will become a reality. change globally, and meeting the target set in the UK to be We also welcome commitments net zero by 2050. by airlines to become net zero including recent The industry is working hard announcements by British to play its part; continually Airway’s owners IAG to become improving aircraft fuel efficiency net carbon zero by 2050 with a and operational efficiencies; the commitment for all domestic UK longer-term use of sustainable flights to be net zero from 2020; WE WILL BE WORKING aviation fuels and the potential EasyJet’s commitment for all WITH AIRLINES TO for electric flight mean it is their flights being net zero with possible for aviation to meet immediate effect; and KLM who IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, passenger demands while have committed to reducing remaining consistent with the emissions per passenger by TO REDUCE DELAYS UK’s net zero target for 2050. 20% (from 2011 levels) by 2020. AND WASTED FUEL 10 11 UNPACKING THE SUPPORTING REGIONAL GROWTH BREEAM COMMITMENT Leeds Bradford Airport has The region remains one an important role to play in of the leading locations in The upgraded airport building To achieve a rating of supporting economic growth in the UK for foreign and direct will be one of the most ‘Excellent’, the building will be the region through improved investment, according to environmentally efficient designed to maximise energy connectivity. Increased EY’s (Ernst & Young) annual terminals in the UK, helping us efficiency, whilst incorporating productivity comes from the Attractiveness Survey. The to use significantly less water innovative renewable energy role which the airport plays report shows that in a period and energy and creating less generation on-site. In addition, in connecting businesses and where foreign direct investment waste to landfill per passenger. we will also incorporate a people with investors, clients projects into the UK dropped wide range of best-practice and customers in cities by over 12%, Leeds is one It will be accredited to a sustainability initiatives, across Europe. of the only UK core cities to rating of “Excellent” under including reducing the have increased the number of the internationally recognised embodied carbon in The airport’s economic impact projects, with the City Region Building Research Establishment new building materials, in 2018 was estimated at attracting 29 last year. Environmental Assessment electric vehicle charging £475m, supporting almost 7200 Method (BREEAM) standard. points, sustainable drainage jobs. The North of England There are areas of growth This is an independently assured measures and a net positive is a powerhouse for industry, and opportunity around the sustainability standard, which impact on the local ecology. manufacturing and technology, region which will benefit from only a handful of other Airport all of which need aviation to the connectivity LBA provides. terminal buildings across the thrive and work towards a Nowhere is this clearer than the world have achieved. sustainable future. planned employment zone for the north- west of Leeds. Yorkshire is fast developing and the is the undisputed leader within the Northern Powerhouse. Businesses such as First Direct, Arla Foods, Asda, Morrisons, Capita, Sky and now Channel 4 are headquartered in the region, while the Barclays SME Growth Factors Index named Bradford as the best city in the UK to start LBA HAS A £475M a business in 2017. IMPACT AND SUPPORTS ALMOST 7200 JOBS Brimham Rocks, 12 13 , North Yorkshire

SUPPORTING SUPPORTING INNOVATION TOURISM Across the North, we have Leeds Bradford Airport is our an opportunity to innovate gateway to the world and allows in sustainability, with world- the world to come to us. It is class technologists, engineers, important for us to have access Government and private sector to a convenient transport hub investment in infrastructure which can service both tourists and the Northern Powerhouse and business travellers. As all at our fingertips. Our world such, it is central to our aim leading universities, which rely of promoting a positive, on aviation to attract foreign outward-looking image students and staff from around on the global stage. the globe, also create and Whether it’s for the stunning enable ideas that will help us scenery, world class events or transition to a low carbon future. our local attractions, millions We know that international visit Yorkshire every year. connectivity is a key driver Tourism is an important source for an already strong regional of revenue for the region, economy – in fact, if the North contributing £9 billion to the was a separate country it would local economy, and aviation be the world’s 21st largest provides opportunities for the economy (after Switzerland) – sector to thrive. LBA is a major and Leeds Bradford Airport is point of access to key tourist central to that success. destinations including Leeds, York, Bradford, , and the country’s most popular National Parks such as the IF THE NORTH Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors and the Peak District. WAS A SEPARATE Our upgrade will boost inbound COUNTRY IT WOULD tourism, while connecting the ST people of Yorkshire to friends BE THE WORLD’S 21 and family around the world. LARGEST ECONOMY 14 15 EXISTING TERMINAL

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