Originally Posted by
inOban
Surely it may also attract PAX from points towards London, eg Swindon, because their nearest London airport lacks low cost flights?
The last CAA passenger survey that included BRS was in 2015. As we know these surveys are really snapshots but this one broadly confirmed what other surveys have found going back over the past decade.
The 2015 survey found that 76.4% of BRS's originating/terminating passengers began or ended their journey in the South West, with 8% of that 76.4% having an origin or final destination in Wiltshire. it's not broken down any more than that but it might be surmised that some came from the Swindon area, although Wiltshire was the third lowest provider of all the counties in the South West, viz,
Bristol 32.5%
Somerset 24.5%
Devon 16.9%
Gloucestershire 9.6%
Wiltshire 8.0%
Cornwall 6%
Dorset 2.6%
The counties include unitary authorities within them and it is highly likely that much of the Somerset and Gloucestershire contributions came from the unitary authorities that abut Bristol.
In terms of the airport's overall passenger numbers 1.5% had origin or final destiation in the South East.