Bristol Airport - expansion plans, car parking, public transport links - ongoing discussion

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[BerkshireBugsy]

In fact the last time I flew from Bristol was on an airline called GO which dates it

The last time I flew from Lulsgate was with Dan-Air! 1982. 

The last and only time I flew dan air was from gatwick to Toronto in 1976 IRC. I suspect it was a bit cheaper than today's equivalent fare

[LiskeardRich]

Can anyone here help suggest or recommend cheap parking at Bristol airport.

I need to be at the airport 0430 ish Sunday 26th Oct, returning 2255 on Wednesday 29th Oct.

I can only find parking at silly prices. I've parked at Gatwick for 10 days for cheaper than Bristol is quoting for 4 days!

[Brucey]

I've just had a look at the official parking website and ^36.99 does seem a little excessive, but not unreasonable, for three nights.

To compare, I recently paid ^28.99 for four nights at Stansted (Long Stay - so furthest from terminal) and ^72.99 for nine nights at Bournemouth (just cross a road to reach the terminal).

Have you tried local hotel chains?  I know near Gatwick and Heathrow that many hotels sell off their unused parking spaces for fairly reasonable prices.

[ChrisB]

If you join their email list, you get regular 10-15% off parking....

[JayMac]

There are independent airport parking providers nearby. I won't recommend any as I've no idea how good or bad they are, but a Google search brings up a few and of those I checked they do undercut the official parking prices.

[LiskeardRich]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I had a look on my work employee discount portal and there was a discount code for Holiday Extras. I got the main airport car park for ^19.99 with the discount which to me is still a lot compared to prices I've paid at Gatwick and Manchester per day rate previously.

What I found was that the airport doesn't do a daily rate over a couple of days you can only buy a full week which explains the steepness of the price.

[Andrew1939 from West Oxon]

Come to Oxford and pay around ^25 for city centre parking or ^100 for parking in excess of 72 hours at the London bound P & R car park used by London airport travellers.

[didcotdean]

Oxford Airport parking though is only ^7.50 per day or ^35 per week. Mind you there is only one scheduled flight a week at present that that will be finishing soon with the end of summer.

[grahame]

Here's an alternative ... leave your car and dogs with Zanetta ... the car's free parking (!), lifts to and from the airport total ^30.    Sting in the tail is that you'll need to home board at least one dog with her at ^20 per day.

https://mydogbuddy.co.uk/sitter/home-boarding-house-sitting

[LiskeardRich]

Here's an alternative ... leave your car and dogs with Zanetta ... the car's free parking (!), lifts to and from the airport total ^30.    Sting in the tail is that you'll need to home board at least one dog with her at ^20 per day.

https://mydogbuddy.co.uk/sitter/home-boarding-house-sitting

I don't have a dog being the problem here.

[Chris from Nailsea]

To richwarwicker: I have a possible alternative solution to your parking problem, as I have a spare parking space on my drive in Nailsea - only three miles from the airport.  Details to follow, by PM. 

[LiskeardRich]

To richwarwicker: I have a possible alternative solution to your parking problem, as I have a spare parking space on my drive in Nailsea - only three miles from the airport.  Details to follow, by PM. 

Thank you chris, I have booked and paid through my employee discount scheme now though.

[Chris from Nailsea]

Ah - no problem: glad you got the eventual price down anyway. 

[Chris from Nailsea]

An update, from the Bristol Post:

Easyjet working on 'wish list' of new destinations from Bristol Airport. Where would you like to fly to?


Easyjet is already planning for further growth from Bristol in 2016

Low cost airline easyJet is already looking to add new routes for passengers at Bristol Airport. The airline announced record profits for a fourth year running and revealed it is already planning ahead for further growth in Bristol 2016.

At the moment the airline flies to 46 different destinations from Bristol and that is likely to hit the half century mark by the end of next year.

Over the last 12 months 3.4 million passengers flew with the airline out of Bristol ^ more than half the total number of passengers who used the airport over the last year.

Earlier this month, EasyJet announced four new routes to destinations in Sicily, Spain and Portugal.

But Sophie Dekkers, who is responsible for organising easyJet's flying schedule from UK^▸ (United Kingdom) airports, is already looking for new destinations from Bristol. She said: "Bristol is a key airport for us and that is not going to change in the near future. We are adding another aircraft next year and we are also looking at increasing capacity on our existing flights. We are basing another aircraft at Bristol next year which means that we can increase capacity on our existing routes."

The easyJet model means that the furthest destination the airline flies to is Egypt.

Ms Dekkers said: "We operate in destinations were we can get there and back in one day. We keep our costs low because we do not have to pay for overnight stays for our crew. At the moment our furthest destination is Egypt from Manchester which is a five and a half hour flight. We are not looking at destinations further afield but we are always looking to add new and exciting places to visit. At the moment we are in the process of drawing up a wish list of destinations we would like to fly to from Bristol. We will look at the various destinations and decide which ones are economically viable. We are putting our plans in place now for our Christmas timetable which we will be announced in 12 months time."

EasyJet is now the largest operator based at Bristol Airport ^ its closest rival is Irish airline Ryanair.

Last year six million passenger used the airport, which has plans in place for a ^120 million expansion scheme.

[Western Pathfinder]

In fact the last time I flew from Bristol was on an airline called GO which dates it

The last time I flew from Lulsgate was with Dan-Air! 1982. 

Davies and Newman Airways IIRC^▸ (if I recall/remember/read correctly).