WEST Yorkshire’s major airport is celebrating 10 years of flying to Brussels.

Executive from Leeds Bradford Airport joined colleagues at bmi Regional to mark the achievement.

Since the launch of the route in November, 2001, more than 280,000 customers flown on the route.

Steven Griffiths, business director at bmi Regional, said, “I am very proud that we have served Brussels with our unique and stylish service for 10 years.

“These two great cities are both important business and tourism centres and following our recent events held in both Leeds and Brussels it is great to see that the route is still as popular as ever.”