Lufthansa delays launch of flights to Frankfurt from Bristol Airport
Lufthansa has today announced that it is delaying the launch of flights from Bristol Airport to Frankfurt until June 2020. We are currently unsure of an exact date and will …
Oil Spill Response Boeing 727 visits Bristol Airport
On the 3rd and 4th March 2020 spotters at Bristol Airport were privileged to see the arrival of the Oil Spill Response Boeing 727, registration G-OSRA. The aircraft is currently …
easyJet announces new flights from Bristol Airport to Kos and Preveza
easyJet has announced that it will launch two new routes to Greece from Bristol Airport, flights are due to take off this summer twice weekly to Preveza and to the …
Bristol Airport expansion plans rejected by North Somerset Council
In news released on February 11th 2020, Bristol Airport’s controversial expansion plans have been thrown out by North Somerset Council. The Bristol Airport transport hub wanted to increase its current …
Two new buses for Air Decker to Bristol Airport
Two further brand-new Air Deckers have joined the fleet at Bath Bus Company and were launched at Bristol Airport this week. Costing almost half a million pounds and manufactured by …
easyJet announces new route from Bristol Airport to Antalya
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has announced it will launch a new route from Bristol Airport to Antalya in Turkey which will become the 73rd destination on easyJet’s Bristol network. Flights …
TUI UK launches additional 55,000 seats for Winter 2020 from Bristol Airport
TUI, the world’s leading holiday company and the UK’s number one holiday provider, has announced its winter 2020 programme with the addition of flights to Tunisia from Bristol Airport and …
easyJet to become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has today announced that it will become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its whole network. The airline will achieve this …
Ryanair launches new route from Bristol Airport to Brest
Ryanair has announced a new route from Bristol Airport to Brest in France, with a twice weekly service commencing in March 2020, as part of Ryanair’s extended UK Summer 2020 …
TUI announces flights to Sharm el Sheikh from Bristol Airport in May 2020
TUI, the world’s leading holiday company and the UK’s number one holiday provider have announced that holidays to Sharm El Sheikh will be back on sale on Thursday 7th November. Sticking …
easyJet launches first flight from Bristol Airport to Hurghada
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, launched its first flight on a new route on Wednesday 30th October 2019 from Bristol to Hurghada in Egypt – the 72nd destination easyJet now flies …
Lufthansa announces daily service from Bristol Airport to Frankfurt starting Spring 2020
Leading international carrier, Lufthansa, has further strengthened its commitment to the UK market with a new direct flight from Bristol Airport to Frankfurt Airport starting in Spring 2020, the flights …
TUI launches new routes and additional seats from Bristol Airport for Summer 2020
TUI, the UK’s largest holiday company, has announced their biggest ever holiday programme with new destinations which include Girona (Spain) and Almeria (Spain) added to its summer 2020 programme from …
End of Summer update from Bristol Airport Police Inspector Barney Gardom
Dear Aviation Enthusiasts, I hope that you have all had a good summer. The airport had another busy season and we were kept fully occupied. You may well have seen …
Lauda Motion to launch flights to Vienna from Bristol Airport
Austria’s low fare airline Lauda Motion begins a new direct connection from Bristol Airport to Vienna. Lauda will offer two weekly flights from Bristol to Austria’s capital, Vienna with flights …
Bristol children receive respite in the sky with Air Smiles day at Bristol Airport
A respite day for children and adults living with profound disabilities and life-limiting conditions saw 20 children and 14 adults from Bristol and the surrounding regions spend a day at Bristol …
Brussels Airlines takes off from Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport welcomed the return of Brussels Airlines this week (Sunday 1 September). The service reconnects the cities of Bristol and Brussels and provides a wide range of European and …
Bristol Airport spotters day a great success
Bristol Airport Spotting held the last and final spotters day at Bristol Airport in the Bristol Room located in the admin building, or more commonly known as the old terminal …
Announcing Bristol Airport Spotters Day 2019
Bristol Airport Spotting is pleased to announce that they will be holding another Spotters Day at Bristol Airport on Sunday 25th August 2019 from 12.00 to 14.00pm within the administration …
TUI Airways introduces new routes and increases aircraft capacity at Bristol Airport
TUI Airways has announced that during the winter 2019/20 season (November 2019 – April 2020) they plan to increase capacity on selected long-haul routes, where the Boeing 787-9 will be …
easyJet schedules new Airbus A321neo for Winter 2019
easyJet in a recent schedule update has filed additional routes to be operated by the new Airbus A321neo aircraft, for winter 2019/20 season. Based on current listing, the 235-seater A321neo …
Brussels Airlines to restart flights to Brussels Airport
Brussels Airlines will connect Bristol Airport with Brussels 12 times a week. The first flight from Bristol to Brussels will take off on September 1st and be operated by a …
easyJet celebrates first flights on new summer routes to Milan, Biarritz and Brindisi
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has launched its first flights from Bristol Airport last week to Milan, Biarritz and Brindisi, giving passengers in the south west the opportunity to explore even …
Bristol Airport reports on its 10 years of transformation
A newly published report has highlighted a decade of transformational change at Bristol Airport. The Annual Monitoring Report shows that while passenger numbers have continued to increase, the number of flights in …
easyJet launches flights to Montpellier and Rhodes from Bristol Airport
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline and Bristol’s largest airline, has launched its first flights from Bristol Airport to Montpellier in France and to the Greek island of Rhodes. The flights took …
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity land partnership with Bristol Airport
Great Western Air Ambulance Charity officially launched their Charity of the Year partnership with Bristol Airport on Tuesday 28th May. The charity, which provides the critical care and air ambulance …
easyJet celebrates flying 55 million passengers from Bristol Airport
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is celebrating carrying 55 million passengers from Bristol Airport since launching operations there in 2002. The airline now operates 74 routes and up to 740 flights a …
TUI to base Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Bristol Airport for Summer 2020
TUI UK, the UK’s largest holiday company, has announced a new destination to Enfidha (Tunisia) and one additional flight to Reus (Spain), for its summer 2020 programme from Bristol Airport. …
easyJet extends Bristol to Lyon route to operate throughout Summer 2019
The flights will commence on 1 July and will operate twice a week on Monday and Friday. They will be operated on an A320 aircraft. The extension of the route …
KLM upgrades weekday flights to Boeing 737 aircraft
KLM has added 10,000 additional seats between Bristol and Amsterdam this summer, commencing from Monday 24th June. The extra capacity will be provided by upgrading the aircraft operating on the …
easyJet further expands it Bristol Airport base
easyJet has announced a number of expansion developments at its Bristol Airport base. The airline will position a 17th aircraft at its South West base and has added three brand …
easyJet launches more flights and Winter flight schedule
easyJet has announced even more frequent flights from Bristol Airport to Belfast, Glasgow and Zakynthos, with seats on sale from today. The airline has added two more weekly flights to …
Thousands of tonnes of carbon can be saved by using Bristol Airport
Road journeys to London airports by passengers travelling to and from South West England and South Wales generated an estimated 157,000 tonnes of carbon in 2018 (up from around 140,000 …
New fire station handed over to Bristol Airport
Mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy McCann and Partners completed the MEP design for a £5m state of the art fire station at Bristol Airport, which has now been handed over. …
New charity partner announced by Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport has announced that the Great Western Air Ambulance will be the airports charity partner for 2019 following a vote by Bristol Airport staff. During 2018, staff and passengers …
Bristol Airport wins best airport in Europe award
Bristol Airport is extremely proud to announce that they have been awarded the title of Best Airport in Europe for airports with 5 to 15 million passengers per annum category. …
Blue Islands adds additional 5000 seats on flights to Bristol Airport this summer
Blue Islands has added 5,000 additional seats on its Bristol Airport service this Summer 2019. The airline will operate a further 76 flights between the Channel Islands and Bristol Airport. …
Bristol Airport to provide £1.8 million fund for noise insulation to local residents
Nearly £2 million will be available to local residents living near Bristol Airport as part of an enhanced noise insulation scheme accompanying development plans currently being considered by North Somerset …
UK regional airline Flybmi ceases operations and cancels all flights
It has been announced that British regional airline Flybmi has cancelled all of its flights and filed for administration, this decision was made partly due to the uncertainty over Brexit …
Ryanair launches new route from Bristol to Milan
Ryanair, today announced a new Bristol route to Milan Malpensa, with a twice weekly service commencing 26 May, as part of Ryanair’s Bristol Summer 2019 schedule. Ryanair’s Bristol Summer schedule …
Bristol Airport reports a record year of passenger numbers
ore than 8.6 million passengers used Bristol Airport in 2018.* The record annual passenger number represents a 6.2 per cent increase year on year, equating to over 400,000 additional passengers, …
Bristol Airport Police response on drones at airports
We recently asked Inspector Barney Gardom of the Bristol Airport Police for a few words regarding drones at Bristol Airport following the delays and problems experienced at London Gatwick last …
NATS installs new digital flight strip system at Bristol Airport
NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic services provider, has successfully introduced its new Hub and Spoke Electronic Flight Progress Strip (EFPS) system at Bristol Airport. The new system will incorporate …
New administration building at Bristol Airport takes shape
The work on the new administration building at Bristol Airport begun some weeks back and is already taking shape, located on the south side of the airport the new building …
TUI announce new winter routes from Bristol Airport
TUI UK, the UK’s largest holiday operator, has launched its winter programme and reveals growth plans for Bristol Airport with new weekly routes to Keflavik, Dalaman and Naples and additional …
Facebook group passes 2000 member milestone
Bristol Airport Spotting has today passed another major milestone with the dedicated Facebook group now having more than 2000 members, this great milestone has been achieved in just over 5 …
British Airways remove flights for Summer 2019
British Airways flights from Bristol Airport, operated by BA Cityflyer, have removed flights from their 2019 schedule from Bristol Airport. Based on the adjustment, the oneWorld member will no longer operate …
Bristol Airport celebrates record month of passengers travelling through the airport
Nearly one million passengers passed through Bristol Airport’s terminal last month, making August 2018 the busiest month in the history of Bristol Airport. The record total of 951,973 passengers took …
easyJet celebrates 15 years at Bristol Airport
easyJet celebrated the 15th anniversary of its base at Bristol Airport this week, the largest base outside of London. Celebrations took place throughout the day on the 28th August 2018 …
New Bristol Airport CEO starts new role
Bristol Airport’s new Chief Executive Officer, Dave Lees started his new role on 1st August 2018. Mr Lees formerly Managing Director of Southampton Airport, which during his time at the …
Bristol Airport charity of the year flying high
Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) is delighted being Bristol Airport’s charity partner again for 2018. Each year Airport staff are asked to vote and support one charity and, for the …
Thomas Cook Airlines adds 12000 seats from Bristol Airport for Easter 2019
Thomas Cook Airlines is adding Easter 2019 flights from Bristol airport, meaning that thousands people can head to Europe for some spring sunshine. With 10 additional flights a week from …
New easyJet routes for Winter 2018
easyJet has announced three brand new routes from Bristol Airport to Larnaca, Åre Östersund and Sofia which are now on sale. These form part of the 16 new routes easyJet …
Bristol Airport wins Europe Best Airport Award
At ACI Europe’s annual gala dinner in Brussels yesterday evening, Bristol scooped the Best Airport Award in the 5-10 million passengers category. ACI Europe represents over 500 airports in 45 …
Report from Bristol Airport Spotters Day 2018
Another successful event happened today at Bristol Airport, thank you to everyone that came along to the event, there were many happy faces who enjoyed a day out which makes …
Bristol Airport Spotters Day this Sunday!
The Bristol Airport Spotters Day 2018 is this Sunday 10th June! This update is to confirm the arrangements for the event. Location: The spotters day is being held in the …
Bristol Airport Spotting celebrates its 5th birthday
This week Bristol Airport Spotting is celebrating its 5th birthday, started back in May 2013 by one of the current admins, Simon Fewkes, the group was originally setup to share …
KLM celebrates 30 years of flights from Bristol Airport
KLM celebrated with its customers on Wednesday 16th May 2018 to mark 30 years of flights between Bristol Airport and Amsterdam Airport, connecting the South West to Amsterdam and onwards …
Data Protection Legislation
You may be aware that after May 25th 2018 new data protection legislation comes into force, we have updated and improved our Privacy Policy to reflect these changes and to …
British Airways launches more than 20,000 seats from Bristol Airport for Summer 2018
British Airways begins one of its busiest summers next week with the launch of additional frequency and capacity on flights from Bristol Airport. The addition of two new Embraer 190 …
First TUI Boeing 787-9 flight operates from Bristol Airport
What proved to be a surprise to aviation enthusiasts and spotters today was the arrival of the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner which operated a flight to Cape Verde for TUI …
bmi Regional and Air France announce new codeshare partnership
bmi Regional and Air France have announced a brand new codeshare partnership on bmi’s Bristol to Paris service. The partnership, which commences from 14th May 2018, will provide business and …
Thomas Cook increases flights from Bristol Airport for Summer 2018
Thomas Cook Airlines will base an additional Airbus A320 aircraft at Bristol Airport from May 1, 2018 and increase its number of seats on sale from the airport to over …
Announcing Bristol Airport Spotters Day 2018
Bristol Airport Spotting are pleased to announce that we will be holding a spotters day at Bristol Airport on Sunday 10th June, the event will be held within the Bristol Room …
Bristol Airport celebrate inaugural TUI flight to Punta Cana
On Thursday 5th April 2018 Bristol Airport celebrated the inaugural TUI flight to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The flight is operating by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner which benefits …
TUI UK launch new routes and additional flights for Summer 2019 from Bristol Airport
TUI first programme launch after last year’s re-brand reveals ambitious growth plans with two new routes and additional flights out of Bristol Airport for Summer 2019. Two new routes to …
BMI Regional expand their Bristol to Paris route
bmi Regional has announced that it will be expanding the Paris CDG route from Bristol Airport with increased frequencies starting from 14th May 2018. bmi currently flies twice daily between …
Update from Bristol Airport Police Spring 2018
As a spotting group we work closely with both Bristol Airport and Bristol Airport Police to help share information and be the eyes and ears around the airport perimeter, we …
easyJet celebrates female pilot record for International Womens Day
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, is celebrating International Women’s Day with more female pilots flying on one day for the airline than ever before – also believed to be a European …
Ryanair launch new Bristol to Shannon service
A new service to Shannon has been recently announced by Ryanair which increases the number of flights from Bristol Airport to Ireland to an all time high. The new twice …
New CEO appointed at Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport have announced that Dave Lees has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will be starting his new role on 1 August. Mr Lees is currently …
New bmi route to Gothenburg launched
bmi Regional has expanded its route network from Bristol Airport by launching a new flight from Bristol to Gothenburg. The first flight of the new route departed on 22nd January …
Bristol Airport welcomes easyJet’s new Airbus A320neo
This week easyJet brought its new Airbus A320neo aircraft to Bristol Airport for the first time. The Airbus A320neo aircraft has many significant environmental and operational benefits, these include up to …
Bristol Airport reports busiest year of passenger operations
More than 8.1 million passengers used Bristol Airport last year, surpassing the total for 2016 by over six hundred thousand passengers. The record annual number represents an 8 per cent …
TUI adds further destinations from Bristol Airport
TUI the UK’s largest holiday brand, has today announced that it has added an additional weekly flight to the Greek island of Kos and Turkish destination of Dalaman for summer …
Boeing business jet arrives at Bristol Airport
Today Boing Business Jet 9H-BBJ arrived at Bristol Airport for a few days, the Boeing 737-700 aircraft has visited Bristol Airport on previous occasions and is currently being handled and …
TUI Air UK add weekly Punta Cana service onboard Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
TUI Air UK today (20 December 2017) announced a 4th Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Destination from Bristol. The Punta Cana route will operate 1x weekly on Wednesdays commening on 5th April …
More flight announced for Summer 2018
British Airways is to increase flights from Bristol Airport to some of the top European holiday hotspots in summer 2018 In May this year British Airways launched new summer-only routes …
Bristol Airport seeks public views as it plans for the future
Bristol Airport has begun preparing a new Master Plan which will set out potential development to respond to increasing passenger demand forecast over the next three decades and beyond. A …
Work Begins on Bristol Airport’s First Multi-Storey Car Park
A £9.5 million car park development commenced at Bristol Airport this week (8 November). Construction of a multi-storey car park – the first on the Airport site – is now …
Bristol Airport targets more long haul routes
Following the return of direct long-haul flights to Florida and Mexico this summer and the announcement of flights to the Dominican Republic in 2018, Bristol Airport has reaffirmed its ambitions …
Bristol Airport passes 8 million passenger milestone
Following a record summer in which passenger numbers reached eight million in a 12 month period for the first time in its history, Bristol Airport will be seeking views later …
Changes to night flight regulations
The Department for Transport has approved Bristol Airport’s request regarding EC and UK Airport Slot Allocation Regulations. The Department for Transport has approved Bristol Airport’s request to be designated as …
Thomson is changing to TUI
The UK’s leading travel company has kicked off its name change campaign to highlight that Thomson is changing to TUI. A new TV ad debuted during ITV’s flagship Saturday night …
easyJet announce flights to Stockholm and Athens from October
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has today announced that it will start two new routes from Bristol Airport to Sweden’s capital city, Stockholm and the capital city of Greece, Athens later …
Bristol Airport CEO steps down
Bristol Airport announces that its CEO, Robert Sinclair, will step down later this year to become the new Chief Executive Officer of London City Airport. Robert was appointed CEO of …
Betty the Beech takes off from Bristol Airport
On Tuesday 20 June 2017 an historic Beech 18 aircraft departed from the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club at Bristol Airport on the first stage of a round-the-world flight. Well-known …
New airline Powdair to launch at Bristol Airport
New airline powdair will launch in December 2017 with ticket sales now on sale through its website powdair.ski with a winter schedule that links Sion Airport with eight destinations in …
Champions League Final flights take passenger numbers to record levels
During the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th June Bristol Airport saw an extra 15,000 passengers en route to the UEFA Champions League final in Cardiff which was one …
Important Security Update from Bristol Airport Police for the Champions League Final 2017
At Bristol Airport Spotting we work closely with Bristol Airport Police to provide the eyes and ears when spotting around the airport. With the upcoming Champions League Final next weekend …
British Airways first flights take off from Bristol Airport
This Saturday 20th May 2017 marks the launch of British Airways flights from Bristol Airport again after a period of 10 years absent from the airport. The flights operate on Saturdays to …
Bristol Airport to welcome Real Madrid fans for Champions League Final 2017
Bristol Airport is set to welcome fans of Real Madrid between Friday 2nd June and Sunday 4th June 2017 for the Champions League Final which is being held at Cardiff. …
Bristol Airport celebrates 60 years of operations
Two very special aircraft took centre stage as Bristol Airport celebrated 60 years of flying from its current site today. Almost six decades to the day since the Duchess of Kent …
Thomson and First Choice increase capacity with new routes
Thomson and First Choice are today announcing increased capacity at Bristol Airport for anyone taking a holiday in summer 2018. This includes new routes to Funchal, Madeira and Punta Cana, …
Aviation Sunday Special at Virtual Aerospace Gloucester
We wanted to inform you of a great offer and day at Virtual Aerospace Gloucester on Sunday 30th April 2017, for just £99.00 you can take the controls of a …
Ryanair launch new Winter 2017 schedule at Bristol Airport
Ryanair today (23 Mar) launched its Bristol winter 2017 schedule, with a new route to Cologne, extra flights to Bucharest and Venice and 20 routes in total, which will deliver …
easyJet celebrates a record 2016 with future expansion planned in 2017
easyJet, Bristol’s largest airline and the largest UK base outside of London, flew more than four million passengers during the course of 2016 – an 11% increase on the previous …
British Airways returns to Bristol Airport
British Airways is to start flying from Bristol Airport again with the launch of four new summer-only routes to popular European sunspots. From May the airline will begin direct flights …
WOW Air continues service from Iceland to Bristol Airport
WOW air, the ultra-low-cost transatlantic airline from Iceland, has announced that it will continue its service from Bristol to Iceland and beyond to the US and Canada in June due …
New South Bristol link road opens
On Monday 16 January 2017 the South Bristol Link (SBL) a 4.5km express bus route and roadway that includes new cycle and pedestrian paths opened to traffic for the first …