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29 Sep 2026

RYANAIR ADDS SIXTH AIRCRAFT AT LIVERPOOL FOR WINTER 2026

Ryanair, the UK’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Thurs, 24 Sept) announced a sixth based aircraft at Liverpool John Lennon Airport for Winter 2026, representing a US$600m investment from Ryanair in the Northwest. This additional aircraft will deliver +100,000 additional seats (+11% growth), 6 exciting new routes to Milan Bergamo, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Porto, Tirana and Warsaw, and extra flights on 3 popular existing routes to Krakow, Kaunas and Cork. Ryanair’s record Winter 2026 schedule offers customers in Liverpool and the […]

09 Sep 2026
Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Latest Which? annual airport survey shows Liverpool John Lennon Airport to be one of the best in the UK once again

…and a Which? Recommended Provider for the 5th consecutive Year Liverpool John Lennon Airport is once again amongst the top airports in the UK according to the latest Which? annual airport survey. It has been named a Which? Recommended Provider for the fifth consecutive year and took second place just behind Exeter Airport, beating all other large UK airports in a survey that shows how 27 Airports or terminals across the UK fared in this year’s Which? UK airport passenger survey. […]

02 Sep 2026
Liverpool John Lennon Airport exterior.

More passengers than ever before are choosing to fly from LJLA

Latest figures out today show that last month more passengers chose to use Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) than ever before, with over 650,000 passengers from across the North West and North Wales using Liverpool during what has been the airport’s busiest ever summer. These latest figures beat the previous monthly record set last year with 6% more passengers compared to August 2025 and highlights the continued growing popularity of the airport amongst the region’s travellers. Over 4,000 flights operated […]

18 Jun 2026

Two new winter routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Reykjavik and Kittilä Announced

easyJet has today announced the launch of two new Winter routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with flights to Reykjavik and Kittilä now on sale. Flights to Reykjavik will start on 2nd November 2026 and operate twice a week on Mondays and Fridays, while flights to Kittilä, in Lapland will begin on 25th November 2026 and operate twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, providing customers even more choice of winter destinations direct from Liverpool. The addition of Reykjavik, the gateway to […]

31 Mar 2026

LJLA tops airport ‘on time’ league table as it gears up for the Easter getaway

Latest figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority show that in 2025 Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) had the best on time performance record of any UK airport, with 81% of flights operating within 15 minutes of their scheduled departure time. The 2025 figure is a 5% improvement upon its 2024 performance and 8% higher than the UK airport’s average. This latest news comes as the airport prepares for the busiest weekend of the year so far, as passengers take […]

08 Jan 2026
Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport breaks all time record for passenger numbers

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) handled over 5.6 million passengers in 2025, making it the busiest year in the airport’s 92 year history, having exceeded the airport’s previous record of just over 5.5 million passengers set 18 years ago in 2007. The Airport has seen growth in passenger numbers and services throughout 2025, with many months breaking previous all time records and following one of the busiest Decembers for the airport, annual passenger totals for 2025 were 11% up on […]

16 Sep 2025

Liverpool John Lennon Airport Named UK Airport of the Year, Beating Heathrow

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has been crowned Airport of the Year at the Aviation Industry Awards UK 2025, surpassing London Heathrow. It was LJLA’s first time entering the awards, held at Park Plaza London Riverbank, where it was also shortlisted for the Airport Achievement Award. The awards honour excellence across the UK aviation sector, with the Airport of the Year category recognising outstanding airport management, operational efficiency, passenger experience, and infrastructure development. Eligible to all UK licensed aerodromes, the […]

14 Jan 2025

2024 was LJLA’s busiest year since 2011, with more to look forward to in 2025

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) handled 5.1 million passengers in 2024, taking the airport beyond 5 million passengers for the first time since the covid pandemic and the highest passenger numbers handled since 2011. The Airport has seen growth in passenger numbers and services throughout 2024, bringing an increase of 21% compared to 2023, following the start of the Jet2.com and Jet2holidays operation and further expansion of services by easyJet and Ryanair. In a year that also saw the airport […]

05 Sep 2024

Liverpool John Lennon Airport tops latest Which? Annual Airline Survey for Consecutive Year

Liverpool John Lennon Airport has been named the UK’s best airport in Which?’s annual survey – for the second year in a row. Which? surveyed almost 5,000 people about their experiences at airports in the previous twelve months and invited them to rate the airports across eleven categories, including seating, staff, toilets and queues at check in, bag drop, passport control and security.  At the top of the table is Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with a customer score of 81 per […]

12 Jun 2024

easyJet launches five new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport for winter 2024

easyJet, Liverpool’s leading airline, has today announced five routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport starting this winter. On sale from today, a new route to Prague will begin three times a week from 28 October, twice a week to Marrakech from 13 November, twice a week to Malta from 10 December, twice a week to Berlin from 14 February and once a week to Fuerteventura from 19 February. For those looking for winter sun, both Fuerteventura and Malta could be […]