These unseen photos from the YEP archive are sure to bring back memories for a generation of holidaymakers as well as plane spotters and the local community. The decade brought huge change at the airport which included a runway extension, the redevelopment of the terminal building, a row over night flights and a visit from Concorde. LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
37. June 1988
They were grooving the night away - and the contract to re-texture the runway surface was completed. The six week, through-the-night operation, was carried out by Holemasters, a firm of concrete cutting specialists.
38. March 1988
More flights from Leeds Bradford Airport to Amsterdam, Belfast and Norwich were being introduced by Air UK.
39. July 1989
The plane was impounded at Leeds Bradford Airport and going nowhere in the summer of 1989.
40. July 1989
The vast Yeadon Airport Industrial Unit.
41. 1980s
An air traffic controller at work as a plane takes to the air.
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