Bristol Airport

Concerning Bristol airport, which is located at Lulsgate Bottom In North Somerset, it serves the city of Bristol, as well as England, and the surrounding area. It is the commercial airport from 7 nautical miles, which is 13 km, 8,1 mi southwest of Bristol city center. It was built on the site of an RAF airfield, and it started operating in 1957 as Bristol Lulsgate Airport. It replaced Bristol Whitchurch Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. The airport was known as Bristol International Airport from 1997 to 2010. A majority shareholder in the airport in 1997 became FirstGroup, but it was still sold to Macquarie Bank and others once again in 2001. However, it was not the last owner of the airport. In September 2014, the sole owner of the airport became Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. In the United Kingdom, the airport is ranked as the ninth busiest airport according to 2018 statistics, in this calendar year, the airport handled nearly 8.7 million passengers. Compared to 2017, this was a 5% increase in terms of numbers of passengers. There was a passenger survey in the airport, carried out in 2015, which found that 9.6% of journeys used the airport in Gloucestershire, 32.5% was for Bristol, 24.5% in Somerset, and remained 16.9% in Devon. Airlines that can be found there are EasyJet and Ryanair. The airport can handle public transport of passengers, as well as for flying instruction, the number is P432, which is controlled by a Civil Aviation Authority.

Bristol Airport

Concerning Bristol airport, which is located at Lulsgate Bottom In North Somerset, it serves the city of Bristol, as well as England, and the surrounding area. It is the commercial airport from 7 nautical miles, which is 13 km, 8,1 mi southwest of Bristol city center. It was built on the site of an RAF airfield, and it started operating in 1957 as Bristol Lulsgate Airport. It replaced Bristol Whitchurch Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. The airport was known as Bristol International Airport from 1997 to 2010. A majority shareholder in the airport in 1997 became FirstGroup, but it was still sold to Macquarie Bank and others once again in 2001. However, it was not the last owner of the airport. In September 2014, the sole owner of the airport became Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. In the United Kingdom, the airport is ranked as the ninth busiest airport according to 2018 statistics, in this calendar year, the airport handled nearly 8.7 million passengers. Compared to 2017, this was a 5% increase in terms of numbers of passengers. There was a passenger survey in the airport, carried out in 2015, which found that 9.6% of journeys used the airport in Gloucestershire, 32.5% was for Bristol, 24.5% in Somerset, and remained 16.9% in Devon. Airlines that can be found there are EasyJet and Ryanair. The airport can handle public transport of passengers, as well as for flying instruction, the number is P432, which is controlled by a Civil Aviation Authority.

The Capacity and Business Activity of the Bristol Airport

Regarding the airport capacity, as there were some problems because other airports had more flights, in March 2010, the airport's governing body decided that change was necessary. They rebranded the airport as Bristol Airport. They created a new logo, which represents "People," "Region," and "Place." They created a new slogan as well "Amazing journeys start here." There are no jetways at the airport, so aircraft must be parked on the apron, and passengers can walk out from their flights, or they can be carried by bus. A 450 m, 1,480 ft, walkway to the west was opened in May 2010 in the terminal building, which connects it to eight new pre-boarding zones; the cost was 8 million euros. It was mainly created to reduce the cost of buses. BMI Regional created a base at the airport in 2012, and the airline operates more routes to Italian and German hub airports from 2013, it was mainly for business travelers.

History and Present-day Operations

As for the history of the airport, in 1927, local people in business collected 6,000 euros to start the Wessex and Bristol Aeroplane club, it was based at Filton Aerodrome. In 1929, Bristol Corporation agreed to the club's proposal to have farmland placed at Whitchurch into a municipal airport. It was opened by Prince George, who was the duke of Kent in 1930. It was the third civil airport in the country. By 1939 passenger numbers increased to 4,000. The airport was the main public airport which remained operational during World War II. At this time, the newly formed British Overseas Airways Corporation, BOAC, was established there from Croydon Airport, as well as Heston Airport. It had flights around the British Empire, as well as neutral nations. There was the Bristol-Lisbon route, which was done by the Dutch airline KLM.