https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-airport-responds-stag-doing-1693183

Bristol Airport responds to stag do 'doing beer bongs and vomiting' at 4.30am

I know the Bristol Post seemingly maintains a continuous trawl of social media sites for anything negative about Bristol Airport, but if this story does have a grain of truth it highights yet again the unsatisfactory situation that is not uncommon at a number of UK airports when it comes to selling drink to those not best positioned to consume it responsibly.

There are conflicting interests. The retail outlets want to sell as much of their wares as possible and that includes intoxicating liquor at those outlets licensed to do so. They have to be careful though because if intoxicating liquor is sold to someone who is drunk (not always the easiest thing to prove beyond reasonable doubt in a court) the member of staff and licensee could find themselves facing a criminal charge. The airport obviously doesn't want a reputation of being a resort for disorderly drunks but at the same time it wants its retail partners to prosper. Perhaps the two interests are not always compatible but they ought to be.
 
With 9 months left for EU exit should we not have a separate thread to discuss the fall out for Bristol Airport if the Brussels based eurocrats go ahead with their threats to disrupt the open skies agreement. What will be the effect of this on loco and hub flights from Bristol?
 
Worst case scenario is that the aircraft are grounded and no airlines have the rights to fly between Bristol and Europe if that happens then there will be economic chaos but i don't see that happening as it would be massively damaging to the EU and globally as well. I think the 'threat' is politically timed to influence politicians in Westminster in which the European withdrawal bill is being debated and amended and debated and amended over and over. The EU wants Open Skies to continue because it's of benefit to them and the closer they can keep the UK to what it was like before Brexit then there is the possibility of one day reassimilate the UK into the EU collective!
Airlines like Ryanair and BA and TUI and Thomas Cook have already launched part of or all of their Summer 2019 schedule so as pretty powerful companies they must have had assurances from both sides that it'll be business as usual.
Customs and immigration wise would there be much difference? Customs wise would probably depend on what trade deal there was but immigration would probably just create different queues for EU citizens or keep it as it is with them using the same queue. It might have been different if the UK was part of Schengen but it's not.
From the passenger side apart from getting an EU version of ESTA I'd be surprised if anyone noticed much difference.
 
I see BRS came first in the award for best 5mil to 10mil pax at airports across Europe.The award is for general upkeep of terminals,also spending money to keep terminal updated with every thing in general. It also includes bars and bar areas foe cleanliness. Car parks are also included. Some stuff I would agree on but some of it is in question.
 
Every Bangladeshi Curry House in the UK has an award certificate proudly framed by the entrance/till area. Awarded by some Curry Owners Association, even if the curry house has failed numerous council inspections. Its not worth the paper it is printed on.

I think airport awards come under the same category.
 
I see BRS came first in the award for best 5mil to 10mil pax at airports across Europe.The award is for general upkeep of terminals,also spending money to keep terminal updated with every thing in general. It also includes bars and bar areas foe cleanliness. Car parks are also included. Some stuff I would agree on but some of it is in question.

Every Bangladeshi Curry House in the UK has an award certificate proudly framed by the entrance/till area. Awarded by some Curry Owners Association, even if the curry house has failed numerous council inspections. Its not worth the paper it is printed on.

I think airport awards come under the same category.

I'm cynical about awards whether for airports, airlines, tv programmes or even curry houses. I could open a rabbit farm and boast it was 'award-winning' without saying the award came from my wife.

I sometimes wonder whether it's a case of Buggins's Turn although in fairness to BRS it has been achieving very high ASQ (Airport Service Quality) scores for a number of years, at times being number 1 airport in the UK in some categories (and highly placed in airports throughout Europe) for customer satisfaction, surprising as that might seem given the cancellations and lengthy queues that have been a feature (and not just at BRS) for some time.

This is the press release.

Bristol Airport wins ACI Europe Best Airport Award
Created: 20th Jun 2018

At ACI Europe’s annual gala dinner in Brussels yesterday evening, Bristol scooped the Best Airport Award in the 5-10 million passengers category.

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ACI Europe represents over 500 airports in 45 countries, and the awards are judged by a panel of independent experts. They highlighted Bristol’s investment in facilities to enhance the customer experience, public transport improvements and special assistance initiatives.

On accepting the award, Business Development Director, Nigel Scott, said:

“It is a huge honour to be voted the best airport of our size in Europe by a panel of independent experts. This award is recognition of the hard work, passion and commitment of the team at Bristol Airport to delivering on our promise to passengers that ‘amazing journeys start here’. The judges were particularly impressed by our investment in facilities to enhance the customer experience, public transport improvements and special assistance initiatives such as becoming ‘autism friendly’.

“From the airlines which connect us with over 125 destinations around the world to our business partners who help to deliver a seamless customer experience, everyone in the Bristol Airport community can be proud of this achievement.”

https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/ab...a-centre/2018/6/aci-europe-best-airport-award
 
BRS press release this week.

https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/ab...ia-centre/2018/7/airport-carbon-accreditation

Bristol Airport takes carbon management to next level
Created: 5th Jul 2018

Bristol Airport’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint have been recognised with accreditation at the second of four levels in a global industry programme.

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Airport Carbon Accreditation is an independent, voluntary programme which certifies airports at four different levels of accreditation covering all stages of carbon management – mapping, reduction, optimisation and neutrality. It is independently administered for ACI Europe, the organisation representing European airports, and has won praise from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and the European Commission.

Bristol Airport became the 23rd airport in Europe to achieve accreditation at the mapping level in 2015. This entailed measuring energy use over a nine-year period and committing to a Carbon Management Plan to reduce carbon emissions across its 196 hectare site. This has seen solar photovoltaic panels installed on the terminal, air source heat pumps used to heat the building, and LED lighting fitted throughout, as well as ongoing engagement with colleagues to encourage energy saving.

Level two accreditation recognises the results delivered by these and other initiatives, which saw carbon emissions per passenger reduce by 28 per cent between 2014 and 2017. Absolute emissions have fallen by more than six per cent despite major developments including two terminal extensions, the most recent of which added 9,000 square metres to the building.

James Shearman, Head of Sustainability at Bristol Airport, said:

“Achieving level two accreditation demonstrates our continued commitment to reducing Bristol Airport’s carbon footprint. It is an important step on the journey towards carbon neutrality, which is our ultimate long-term goal.”

The next level in the four-stage process is optimisation, which requires airports to widen the scope of its carbon footprint to include third-party emissions, such as those generated in the landing and take-off cycle of aircraft. The final stage in the accreditation process is carbon neutrality, which Bristol Airport aims to achieve by 2030.

A consultation on Bristol Airport’s Master Plan runs until 6 July, considering how the Airport can meet future demand for air travel to and from the South West and South Wales. As part of this process, the Airport has set out a Charter for Future Growth which includes commitments to publish a Sustainable Growth Strategy with detailed objectives, targets and an action plan.

More information is available at www.bristolairport.co.uk/future.
 
Less than three weeks until the new BRS CEO, Dave Lees, takes up post on 1 August . It will be interesting to listen to his thoughts on the airport. I presume he's been doing some homework in the lead-up to his assuming the role.
 
A boring airport?

It seems increasingly difficult to engender much interest in BRS and I’ve noted the same situation on other aviation message boards.

As I see it, the snag is that BRS is quietly building its passenger numbers and profits year after year with no obvious reasons why this situation should change in the foreseeable years to come. Its policy appears to be a concentration of this growth through its four core airlines, with KLM and flymbmi also helping out to a lesser degree.

The airport provides a growing number of short haul routes each year and frequencies on many are increasing too. It’s a first-class facility for business and leisure travel, mainly within Europe. The airport seems to be able to project its future annual passenger numbers with an impressive degree of accuracy each year and in the years beyond. So far, so good and much better to have that than an airport that is struggling to grow and make a profit, with a mediocre route network and uncertain airline partners.

The airport is like a rather boring but comfortably-off great uncle who we know will continue to add to his wealth and at the same time be a benevolent presence within his community whilst leading an outwardly quiet life. He is part of the background and it seems to have been ever thus - although it wasn’t any more than the airport was always such a help to local travellers.

Short of some unforeseen catastrophe we can be pretty sure that BRS will reach 10 mppa within the next 2-3 years and (assuming the local authority co-operates) another couple of million by the mid 2020s. All this is highly commendable from the point of view of the airport’s owners and management but it’s likely to be achieved mainly through existing airline partners. I’m not too bothered about that, although I do always have concerns when any business is over-reliant on one customer (easyJet in BRS’s case), but this state of affairs does make it difficult to engage people’s interest.

Even plane spotters and other aircraft enthusiasts probably quickly get their fill of a diet of mainly four airlines and Boeing and Airbus narrow-bodied aircraft.

The airport itself seems to be finding it a problem to come up with something meaningful to talk about too. Its latest two press releases feature an article about gender balance in the aerospace industry (nothing of direct relevance to BRS that I can determine) and the results of something called Bleisure Research that the airport commissioned into the travel habits of business passengers.

To try to spark some life into the BRS threads I find I’ve been resorting to negativity such as listing the daily flight cancellations (there ought to be a practical aspect to this although I’m not really sure what it is) and identifying press reports where drunks and others have been causing problems on aircraft with a Bristol link.

As I see it there a dichotomy: BRS continues to grow steadily and consistently as it has done for the best part of the past quarter century whilst unable to rouse the sort of interest amongst lay aviation watchers that other less successful but erratic airports achieve; BRS experiences a series of negative blows that will engage the attention of BRS followers and others. I know which I prefer and it certainly isn’t the second option although it would certainly produce plenty of posts in the F4A BRS forum.

So there might continue to be little to get our teeth into when it comes to 'Lulsgate Airport'.

I can’t finish without mentioning the hard-working staff and management at BRS over many years, without whose efforts the continual growth would not have occurred. It doesn’t just happen, it has to be worked for - very hard.
 
The airport provides a growing number of short haul routes each year and frequencies on many are increasing too. It’s a first-class facility for business and leisure travel, mainly within Europe. The airport seems to be able to project its future annual passenger numbers with an impressive degree of accuracy each year and in the years beyond. So far, so good and much better to have that than an airport that is struggling to grow and make a profit, with a mediocre route network and uncertain airline partners.
It's predictable which is actually a good thing but Bristols growth being mainly with based airlines may lack the excitement for some that generates the enthuiasm to debate and speculate about new airlines and routes and unfortunately speculate about airlines not doing well and pulling routes.
 
I guess we should be grateful that easyJet remains interested in growth at Bristol and not remain stagnant as they are at say Liverpool or Newcastle.

However looking at 2019 , we already know what Tui and Thomas Cook are offering and it's not a lot more than this year so it appears growth will have to come from EasyJet ( I don't see much coming from Ryanair or Bmi). We also already know that Manchester will have 17 based aircraft next summer leapfrogging Bristol as the third largest U.K. Base. So therefore it will be aircraft no16 and perhaps like the last few seasons maybe 2 new routes. Not exactly reason to be excited is it ?
 
A few years back we were spoilt with the amount of routes that were announced.
For a few years Easyjet and Ryanair announced many routes as they were both building their portfolio from BRS.We would get the odd route announced fron TUI or TC. Hence we have got to the situation we have now with the odd 1 or 2 routes from the low cost airlines. We had extra routes announced from TUI and TC back in 2017 which came into being this year.
The only way I can see multiple routes announced again like we have had in the past is from a new air line to BRS.
We will see extra routes announced by the air lines that operate in BRS now.With that in mind the routes are added to,at least the route offerings are not going the other way,except Ryanair do but mostly they do add another route to compensate on up the frequency on other routes they operate.
 
As has been said so often the BRS growth is mainly in the hands of existing airline partners. The airport seems convinced it will breach 10 mppa by 2021. Assuming that 2018 finishes somewhere around 8.6 mppa, possibly edging up towards 8.7, that would leave 1.3/1.4 million extra to be found in the three subsequent years - average 400/450K per year.

After the tremendous surge in the three years 2015, 2016 and 2017 when passenger numbers increased by over 1.9 million passengers - a growth rate of 30% in three years - anything markedly less than that rate of growth might be seen as less interesting by airport followers.

2015 saw an additional 448,000 passengers
2016 an additional 823,000
2017 an additional 630,000

The early years of this century saw similar passenger growth numbers and because the base numbers were much lower than they are now the percentage gains were far higher.

2018 is likely to see around another 400,000 passengers, and to reach 10 mppa by 2021 a similar sort of average passenger numbers growth would be required over the three years after 2018.

I emphasise that I'm writing this from the viewpoint of maintaining interest in a BRS-related aviation message board which is far removed from the practicalities of a well-run and profitable airport that BRS undoubtedly is. It would be good to have one or two more airlines but if that then skewed the balance of the airport's network as a whole with a resultant reduction in routes/frequencies then I would certainly not be in favour.

Thank you for the views and suggestions expressed since my post yesterday. They are very much appreciated and valued.
 
I don’t want to say too much that might upset people but as a business the airport is thriving. Unfortunately for spotters this might seem to be a backward step but the fact is the business plan is working & although not everyone is happy it’s a very profitable enterprise. The fact is a business not making a profit isn’t in business long. The owners are also investing huge amounts of cash on improving facilities & infrastructure as well. Obviously there are some businesses that get benefactors who manage to get cash from various sources to prop them up but BRS isn’t one.
 
If growth is expected to be similar to this year then are we to expect extra aircraft then ?
 

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