As posted by jaycee10 above, the work to extend the eastern end of the terminal will begin next month.
Bristol Airport announces next phase of development ? Bristol Airport
The airport had previously indicated that an extension to the west would be the next major work with a locally based engineering consultancy appointed two and a half years ago to work on the west terminal extension.
I'm not sure how the eastern extension will relate to the single storey section already in place - mainly used for Ryanair and charter flight check-ins. The new extension will presumably be a two-storey structure but whether it will incorporate or be built behind the current single-storey section isn't made clear in the press release on the airport website.
On a related topic, there appears to be no further news of the long awaited and much delayed on-site airport hotel. In April this year a Construction Management Plan was submitted to the local authority that suggested that building work would commence in July.
Aer Lingus
There is more positive news concerning Aer Lingus Regional. After a record June on BRS-DUB the airline's BRS services in July were up 55% on last year, although that does include a new Shannon route, and 'there was a 35% increase in connecting traffic from the UK regions to the United States and Canada with Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol and Birmingham routes all reported strong year-on-year increases' – see below link.
Record month for Aer Lingus Regional
July passenger figures
CAA stats out today show that 696,249 passengers passed through the terminal in July, an increase of 2.7% on July 2013 although atms were down 3.7%. The rolling 12-month figure was 6,252,621, up 4% on a year ago.
This is the best ever July and continues the trend of the past 15 months or so of successive record months built on fewer atms. This summer Thomas Cook has been using two A 321s instead of the two A 320s of last summer and the easyjet fleet of eleven now includes five A 320s against three in summer 2013, so in effect available seats from the airport were actually only slightly down on July last year.