AIRLINE Jet2 has been given the go ahead to reconfigure its Bradford training base to accommodate extra flight simulator equipment.

The plan was lodged in February for the £9.5 million state-of-the-art centre on Roydsdale Way at the Euroway Industrial Estate which opened its doors in 2014.

It’s where apprentice pilots and cabin crew members are trained for life in the air.

The application said: “The existing building on the site houses a unique facility containing flight simulators and cabin crew training equipment.

“The centre is used for training staff from all across the country and is Jet2’s primary training centre in the country.”

It added: “Due to the expansion of the company and the range of aircraft being flown, the space within the existing facility needs to be reconfigured to accommodate an additional flight simulator. To facilitate this, it is proposed to relocate the cabin crew training equipment into a temporary building on site whilst the new simulator is configured.

“The training centre has a small core team of staff who work on a shift basis to run the facility. The remainder of people on site, pilots and crew, come to the centre for specific training activities for short fixed periods and are typically brought to the site by minibus from specific centres around the country such as Stansted and Glasgow.”

The airline said the proposed temporary structure will measure 18 metres by 30 metres, with a footprint of 540sqm.

“This will be a single open space in which the cabin crew training equipment will be housed,” it said.

“The proposed structure is to be sited in the corner of the existing tarmacked car park yard.

“It will be a standalone, temporary building.”

In giving the application the green light, Bradford Council’s planning department said it is not considered to have any significant impact on neighbouring occupants.

A report said: “Providing that conditions suggested in the report are applied, the proposal does not raise any significant visual concerns and will not have any detrimental impact on highway safety.”

The conditions suggested are that the temporary building should be covered in a grey PVC tensile fabric; permission is granted until May 7, 2025 and there will be a period of one month for the site to be reverted back to its previous use as a car park and it shall only be occupied for the purpose of a D1 use and remain “both ancillary and incidental to the main building”.

When the centre opened six years ago, the Yeadon-based airline said it had chosen Bradford because of its geographical location.