*speechless*
25% down... comparing what to what?
If it's year on year, that's breathtaking. Whilst it's good to see that Bristol isn't getting hit any harder than other similar airports, it's an amazing statistic. (If it's comparing month on month, then the numbers are probably more volatile, so I'd be more cautious about making assumptions based on those).
I'm still travelling, albeit it on a reduced basis. I'm still trying to use Bristol, but it's hard work sometimes. I've had a couple of long-hauls recently - I've got one to SYD coming up, and nothing ex-BRS (on LH, KL or AF) gets close on price to what SQ and QF are offering out of LHR. For example, cheapest BRS-SYD I can find is well over £1,300 (in economy), compared to £700 on SQ (in A380s) ex-LHR. I can usually justify flying BRS on a variety of reasons, but spanning a 90% price difference is almost impossible to do.