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Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, [4] replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. From 1997 to 2010, it was known as Bristol International Airport . [ 5 ]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic when passenger numbers to the airport had reduced, the A1 route was changed and the bus began serving local stops. This arrangement was discontinued in April 2022. [5] [6] From May 2022, Bristol Zone bus tickets were no longer accepted on the route. [7]
A fire at Bristol Airport car park destroyed vehicles and caused flight delays on Sunday. A parked car caught fire in the silver zone car park at 10am, the airport said in a statement.
On 31 May 1930, the airport was officially opened by Prince George, Duke of Kent. In its first year of operation, the airport handled 915 passengers, and by 1939 it handled 4,000 passengers. [2] The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club relocated from Filton Airfield, [3] and together with Bristol Corporation, managed the facilities. [4]
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First it indicates that Bristol City Council (BCC) sold the airport outright in 1996 [to whom?]. However, the previous section implied that it had already been sold to Bristol Airport plc in 1987 - The only way I can make sense of this is to presume that was just a name-shuffle and Bristol Airport plc was a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCC.
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