A pre-booked, named-driver airport run from anywhere in West Yorkshire to LBA. Same Toyota hybrid each time, agreed by WhatsApp before you set the alarm, and met in the One Hour Free Zone the moment your bags are off the carousel.
From £35 saloon, fixed in writing. Up to 4 passengers, 4 cases. Exact fare depends on your pickup postcode.
Arrow Cars holds the exclusive concession on the LBA forecourt, so pre-booked private hire collects from one of two clearly marked zones a short walk from arrivals. Both are signed inside the terminal. I will tell you which one before you land.
Pre-booked only. The fare is agreed before you fly, the meeting point is agreed before you land.
A three to four minute walk from arrivals along a signed footpath. Free for up to 60 minutes, which is more than enough time to clear the terminal and reach the car. I park up and wait there from the moment your flight lands.
Most travellers choose this. Nothing added to your quote.
A one minute walk from arrivals. Charged by LBA at £7 for the first 10 minutes, rising to £15.50 for thirty to sixty minutes. The £7 line goes on the quote so you see it before you confirm.
Sensible with heavy luggage, small children, or in foul weather.
For drop-offs at LBA there is no walk. I pull up at the terminal front, you step out at the door. No additional charge added to the fare.
It is Imran on the booking and Imran at your door. No dispatcher, no roulette, no second-guessing who is in the car when you open the boot at four in the morning.
Return pickups follow your inbound flight, not the schedule. I am already parked in the One Hour Free Zone by the time the wheels touch tarmac at LBA.
You see the full fare in a message before you confirm. The number quoted is the number paid. If you choose the PUDO car park, the £7 line is shown openly.
Four steps, one person, no in-app chat with a different driver every time. The same number from quote to drop-off.
Any LS, BD or WF postcode, your flight date and the time you would like to set off. WhatsApp is simplest; a phone call works too.
Usually within five minutes during waking hours. Saloon fare, PUDO £7 line if you choose that pickup, total in writing. Confirm and the slot is held.
A short message confirming pickup time, the meeting point at LBA, the car, and a number to reach me on. Nothing to print, nothing to install.
A status update when I set off from base, a photo of the car when I am outside with the plate clearly visible. For return trips, the same on arrival in the Free Zone.
Imran has driven the A658 to LBA since 2015. He knows which gate at the Free Zone is closest to the arrivals door, when the school run blocks Yeadon, and how to time a 5am set-off from Headingley so you are at the terminal with breathing room. Licensed by Leeds City Council, DBS-checked, Hire and Reward insured.
The car: Toyota Auris Estate 2018 hybrid. Read the full bio
Our flight from Tenerife was the last one in, almost midnight, and the kids were past the point of being reasonable. Imran was already parked in the Free Zone by the time we got our bags off, walked over to help with the cases, and had us home in Headingley before half past. The price he quoted in the morning was the price I paid that night.
I do the London then Belfast circuit twice a month and used to take whatever app turned up. Switched to Imran six months ago and have not gone back. Same car, same driver, fixed price in writing the night before. I usually take the PUDO option on the way back, the £7 is shown openly on the quote.
If your question is not here, send it on WhatsApp. The reply is from me, not a chatbot.
Reply usually within five minutes during waking hours. Include the date, the rough time, and how many of you are travelling. The fixed fare lands by return, with the meeting point at LBA confirmed the day before you fly.