A few items have cropped up vis-a-vis BRS this week.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sells 30% stake in BRS
https://www.otpp.com/news/article/-/article/780836
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), the sole owners of BRS, has announced an agreement whereby it will sell 30% of its stake to Australian investors: New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) (15%) and Sunsuper Superannuation Fund (Sunsuper) (15%).
BRS to be partially slot coordinated
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...-night-flights
The Department for Transport has approved Bristol Airport’s request to be designated as ‘partially coordinated’ under the EC and UK Airport Slot Allocation Regulations. The airport will be raised to level 3 status but only between 2300 and 0700 from the last week in March to the last week in October. At other times it will remain at level 2.
The move is intended to give the airport greater control over its night flight movements and noise quota count limits. Some local people are fearful that this will actually mean more night flights with the movements and noise quota count both exceeded.
There will be more based aircraft at BRS next summer which is likely to lead to more flights during the noise quota count period (2330-0600).
New BRS master plan consultation
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...iews-on-future
BRS will publish a consultation document later this month and will begin seeking views of communities, stakeholders and the general public on how to meet demand over the next 30 years. Following these consultations a new draft master plan will be published which will be subject of further consultation next spring.
Long haul
https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/abo...cessful-summer
BRS is seeking more long haul flights following TUI’s return this summer to Florida and Cancun with Punta Cana joining the programme next summer. They want more long haul east and west and are also talking with existing carriers about ways of increasing frequency to major hubs.
The possibility of Wales gaining an APD advantage still weighs heavily with the airport management as can be seen from a comment in the linked press release.
Summer 2018
Next summer’s timetables show the need for an additional based easyJet Airbus (the 15th), an additional based TUI aircraft plus a part-based B787 and an additional based Thomas Cook aircraft.
The total based complement would be:
easyJet - 15 Airbuses (319 and 320)
Ryanair - 4 Boeing 737-800s
TUI - 2 Boeing 757s, 2 Boeing 737-800s and a part-based Boeing 787
Thomas Cook - 2 A 321s and an A 320 (probably third party)
bmi regional - 5/6 E 135s/145s
In addition a KLM Cityhopper E190 night stops. There won’t be much free space around the aprons during the early hours.
Multi-storey car park
Preparatory work is under way on the new car park on the north side.