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Plans are for 2 stands for summer ‘19 and a further 2 for ‘20. These are in addition to 3 south side B738/A320 stands being built this winter.

Heads don’t roll in aviation safety unless someone has been recklessly negligent; we investigate, publish any lessons learnt as widely as possible and take appropriate steps necessary to prevent or mitigate recurrence. As is often the case there were a number of factors at play, but the event...

The airport is creaking at the seams: packed terminal; border control queues; queues for baggage reclaim due to staffing; aircraft delayed due to baggage belt issues; parking cars on taxiways; parking aircraft in cul-de-sacs; night noise quota points at or over the summer limit and a car queue...

Reds will operate from Bristol for Weston Air Festival.

Bristol worked 64,000 air transport movements in 2017 compared to fewer than 17,000 at Cardiff - there is just no space for efficient integration of IFR training flights without delaying either the training traffic or the commercial flights. The Reds are likely to operate from Bristol up to 4...

Many of the Aer Lingus (Stobart) aircraft are now Cat 2 capable

A small correction to Severn’s analysis of ILS approaches: the IRVR minima for Cat 1 on 09/27 is 750m at Bristol due to the reduced length of high intensity approach lighting available. As an aside, Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) GNSS approaches are likely to give R/w 09 a Cat 3...

Difficult mix of blowing snow and freezing slush. That said the runway has been open since 12 with delays caused by aircraft de-icing and the conditions on some of the stands. A lot of folks working very hard to minimise disruption.

Two new stands by summer '19 Yokel and a further 2 for summer '20.

Four new stands will be available by summer 2020, bringing the total new build since 2016 to 8 which is no mean feat considering the size of the site. Thereafter expansion will follow the course of the new master plan, but aircraft overnighting is not the only method of expansion - there is...

BREXIT insurance policy. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-easyjet/uks-easyjet-sets-up-new-airline-in-austria-to-protect-flights-post-brexit-idUKKBN19Z0QG

ATC does not provide departure or landing information other than to Bristol Airport; thus the App must be using FR24 or some other ADS-B based platform.

A quick reality check. Bristol will likely see 8.2 million passengers in 2017 and currently has a planning permission cap of 10mppa. 5% growth would deliver 8.6mppa in 2018, 9mppa in 2019, 9.5mppa in 2020 and just under the magic 10 million by 2021. Let's assume a new operator bases 2...

Aircraft diverted due to company crosswind landing limitations on Runway 09.

Given that an extra 3500 spaces have recently been added and these are already being utilised to close to capacity plus the 'distant spot' is on a prepared surface within a protected Park Mark approved area, I would suggest that many customers do like this arrangement and certainly prefer it to...

Aircraft will go to Kemble and Gloucester in addition to Birmingham and Exeter. Lyneham is not viable as no ATC or FISO. Huge amount of planning to manage this event with BRS likely to experience busiest 48 hours ever.

It retuned to Geneva.

There are a number of questions on this thread about approach minima and what these are at Bristol. Below are the figures that generally apply, but these do vary slightly from airline company to company: Runway 09 is ILS CAT 1 only - minima IRVR 750m and decision height 200ft (height above the...

The 3 new stands will be built this winter, fencing works commenced today to move the works area landside. They are entirely new, requiring significant levelling of the existing area before concrete is laid and then blended into taxiway G. At present there are planning restrictions relating to...

Modern airliners use derated take-off thrust to save engine wear. You will see many departures at Bristol use most of the runway, but only because this is the most energy efficient use of the available Tarmac; not necessarily because the runway is short.