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 …