Rare French Air Force A310 visits Bristol Airport
It was an early start for many spotters on Sunday 24th April 2016 as overnight news that a French Air Force Airbus A310 was visiting Bristol Airport ensured many spotters …
First ever 787 lands at Bristol Airport
On Tuesday 19th April 2016 Bristol Airport welcomed the arrival of the first ever Boeing 787-8 aircraft from Thomson, the aircraft was visiting the airport on trials and to launch …
BAS visit Gatwick Aviation Fair
On Sunday 19th April 2016, Bristol Airport Spotting took a trip down to London Gatwick Airport to visit the Gatwick Aviation Fair held in a leisure centre a few miles …
Wow Air inaugural flight to Bristol Airport
On Friday 13th May 2016 at approximately 10am the first flight by Wow Air will arrive at Bristol Airport from Keflavik, this marks the start of a new service between …
easyJet launches new flights to Venice and Nantes
easyJet celebrated the inaugural flights of two new routes from Bristol Airport to Venice and Nantes, with passengers being welcomed on board with chocolates to jointly mark the Easter period. …
New rare aircraft system launched
We have recently launched a new rare aircraft database on our website, along with our regular updates on social media we are gradually building up a database of rare aircraft …
Upcoming Social Evenings at Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club
Bristol Airport Spotting in conjunction with Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club are organising a series of social evenings over the coming months, the evenings will include a talk from aviation …
Show Your Support for Bristol Airport when it comes to devolution of APD to Wales
The South West economy is set to lose £843 million and 1,569 jobs if the power to set Air Passenger Duty (APD) is devolved to the Welsh Government, according to …
West Terminal Extension Takes Shape
A ‘topping out’ ceremony was held on the 27th January 2016 to mark a key milestone in the construction of Bristol Airport’s west terminal extension. The celebration – a longstanding …
Wizz Airs first flight from Sofia to Bristol
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, started operating its new service from Sofia to Bristol, U.K in January 2016. The twice-weekly service will be operated …
Royal opening of Bristol Airport Terminal Extension
The 17th December 2015 marked a major milestone and special occasion for Bristol Airport when Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened a multi-million pound terminal extension. This is not the …
New airline to operate from Bristol Airport
A new airline known as WOW air is to start operating from Bristol Airport in 2016 and Bristol is to become WOW air’s second UK departure point for flights to …
Christmas colourscheme for Thomson 757
Keep an eye out at Bristol Airport for a Thomson Airways Boeing 757 that has been painted in a fun Christmas livery including antlers, holly and Merry Christmas titles. The …
Keep up to date with news and announcements
Over the coming weeks we will be making some exciting announcements regarding BAS and some projects we will be involved with, to be sure you stay up to date and …
easyJet adds 13th aircraft to Bristol base
It has been announced that from summer 2016 there will be up to 13 easyJet aircraft based at Bristol Airport to cater for extra demand from its passengers across the …
Rugby World Cup charter flights at Bristol Airport
On Sunday 11th October 2015 Bristol Airport played host to a number of rugby world cup charter flights from various countries around Europe and beyond bringing supporters to the games …
Second charity aviation fair at Bristol Airport a great success
On Sunday 20th September 2015 a second charity aviation fair was held in the administration building at Bristol Airport, the event was organised by Bristol based aviation enthusiast Simon Fewkes …
Lima India Tango Tango Echo Romeo
Following a meeting with Bristol Airport we are helping to support them with the launch of a new campaign to help target the litter problem along Winters Lane, Felton Common …
Announcing Aviation Fair 2015
Following the overwhelming success of the Aviation Fair in 2014 Bristol Airport Spotting are hosting another Aviation Fair in partnership with Bristol Airport on Sunday 20th September 2015 between 10.30am …
Update from Bristol Airport Police Summer 2015
On the positive side Bristol Airport continues to expand with more passengers, more airlines and more routes. As you will all know from the news the international security situation is …