A low-cost airline has announced plans to fly to two new destinations from Leeds Bradford International Airport in Yeadon.

Jet2 is launching a new twice weekly flight to Faro in Portugal's Algarve and a service to the Czech Republic's capital Prague four times a week.

The Faro flights will start from September 4 and tickets are expected to be on sale for both destinations this month.

The airline will be continuing is daily service to Malaga and also to Barcelona and Alicante, which is the region's most popular destination.

It will also continue its twice daily city breaks to Amsterdam.

Ed Anderson, managing dir-ector of Leeds Bradford Inter-national Airport said: "Jet2 has already proven to be a great success with the people of the North. We are sure the winter schedule will be just as much of a hit and will encourage passengers to use their local airport."

Jet2 will be adding snow destinations to the new schedule to give winter sports enthusiasts the opportunity to travel from their local airport.

It is appealing to passengers to suggest snow resorts of their choice before making a final decision on the winter destinations.

Chief Executive of Jet2 Philip Meeson said: "When we launched Jet2 we asked the region's leisure and business travellers where they would most like us to fly to and we received an overwhelming response.

"This helped us to decide on our seven summer destinations and the frequency of our flights. We have several winter routes that we are considering at the moment, but I would love to hear from people throughout the North about their preferred regions for a winter ski break."

Meeson is determined that his airline will continue to listen to its customers.

"We hope to build the airport up and concentrate on Leeds Bradford and at some stage we are looking to expand elsewhere and build up on the routes we offer."

To tell Jet2 where you would like to fly to, log onto www.Jet2.com and press the 'contact us' button.

l Security measures will be stepped up at Leeds Bradford International Airport with the creation of a nationwide dedicated anti-terrorism unit.

Home Secretary David Blunkett announced on Tuesday that Special Branch units will be created around the country.

The move comes amid fears terrorists may use ports and airports to enter the country and the units are due to police ports and airfields in Yorkshire and the rest of the UK.

Police will work alongside immigration and customs officials to check flights landing at airports.

Mr Blunkett said: "There is no evidence to suggest an increased general level of threat to small ports and airfields but we are far from being complacent."