Passenger Terminal Today
Elizabeth Baker
26 November 2024
Bristol Airport in the UK has launched a two-month consultation on its masterplan for 2040, which proposes a larger terminal building as well as connections to the US East Coast and the Middle East to meet meet future demand for air travel in the region.
Alongside a larger terminal building, the proposals also include improved walkways directly serving aircraft to reduce passenger transport to aircraft by bus. To further improve the customer experience, travellators would be installed. Improved on-site facilities have also been included, such as retail, food and beverage and an additional hotel, as well as more space for flight catering, engineering and other requirements for airport businesses.
The airport has proposed new taxiways, apron extensions and additional aircraft stands, and a short runway improvement – around the size of one and a half football (soccer) pitches – that would enable longer-range aircraft, serving a limited number of long-haul destinations and more efficient short-haul flights that will continue to be the majority of flights for the foreseeable future. The runway improvement could help reduce noise from departing aircraft to the west.
