Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has announced plans for its next stage of expansion which include a 150 metre runway extension that could see it operate regular transatlantic flights. The airport unveiled the plans as it began a public consultation stage on its next phase of development to take the airport to [read more]
Flights are starting to get back to normal at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) after flying was suspended this morning due to a failure of the Runway lighting system. Around 20 flights including Paris, Berlin, Tenerife and Amsterdam, were hit with delays due them not being able to take-off until the problem [read more]
Turkiye’s newest airline, Southwind Airlines, is launching flights from Antalya, Turkiye to 10 UK airports for Summer 2024 as it looks to expand its route map. Southwind Airline launched in 2022 to continue to connect Russian tourists with Turkiye’s Mediterranean coast and later that year it added flights to Germany [read more]
Leading UK holiday airline Jet2.com (LS/EXS) has announced it is adding two destinations in Morocco to its growing network of destinations together with Jet2 Holidays. Flights to Agadir and Marrakech will commence in the Winter 2024/25 season and continue through the Summer of 2025 from several UK airports. There will [read more]
Emerald Airlines (EA/EAI) is to launch a new service from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to Cork (ORK/EICK) under the Aer Lingus Regional brand. The six-times-per-week service will commence on the 28th of April and will complement the airline’s daily service from Bristol to Dublin. Ciarán Smith, Head of Commerical at Emerald [read more]
Campaigners opposed to expansion at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) have lost their appeal at the High Court effectively giving the final green light to the airport. A protest group made up of paid campaign groups such as Extinction Rebellion operating under the banner of Bristol Airport Action Network had appealed the [read more]
Bristol Airport is set for an influx of new routes and carriers in 2023 starting with Swiss International launching a route to Zurich in February. Swiss will operate the route on Saturdays using an Airbus A220. Summer hotspots will also feature with Sun Express set to launch a twice-weekly service [read more]
A violent episode broke out at the boarding gate for an easyJet Flight to Alicante today after a man responded to a gate staff reportedly goaded the man. The video, which has been widely shared on social media, appears to show one of the men saying he is going to [read more]
Turkish/German carrier Sun Express (XQ/SXS) has said it plans to launch flights from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) and Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) from 2023 bringing its UK destinations to eight. Making the announcement at the Routes Europe conference Sun Express confirmed it was also looking to expand its existing UK airports including [read more]
When it comes to Bristol’s congestion, which comes into force later this year, it really is a tale of two airports as the boundaries mean it will be bad news for Bristol Airport, but potentially great news for Cardiff Airport across the river. Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) lies outside of the [read more]
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