EZY at Bristol has of course the origins in Go setting up it`s second base at BRS in 2001,the result of enthusiastic negotiations by the Bristol MD over 8 months.
For the second base but with strict criteria Go were "indifferent" in the early stages which airport...EMA/NCL/EDI/GLA/BRS were all options before settling on BRS.
To quote from Ms Cassani CEO of Go in her autobiography...
"While Ryanair had a token presence at Bristol the West Country was desperate to be plugged into the low cost craze.The catchment area was the long wealthy & populous Thames Valley corridor & the West Country was full of well-off older people with time to spare".
In the event Go carried 750,000 pax in the inaugural year at BRS more in fact than STN`s own inaugural year.