 | Welcome
to the first edition of Bristol International's community newsletter. I
hope you will enjoy reading the articles we have put together.
The
aim is to keep local communities and stakeholders up to date with what
is going on at the airport, so please feel free to forward this email
on to others who may find the contents interesting. We welcome your
feedback and any suggestions for future issues.
| December
2007
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With
the festive season fast approaching, on behalf of everyone at Bristol
International Airport may I take this opportunity to wish you all a
very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Mike
Littleton,
Community Liaison Manager
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| Message
from Paul Kehoe
This
is our first community newsletter and I hope it provides you with a
useful guide to the various programmes, events and activities happening
at the airport and around its environment.
2007
has been a year of change at Bristol International Airport, we have had
significant events occur which have changed the direction of the
business and will probably continue to
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do
so during 2008. Principal among these was the departure of British
Airways and, latterly, the arrival of Ryanair which has altered the
flight and passenger mix at the airport. Essentially it means that more
people are flying on less aircraft take-off and landings.
We
recognise that the airport has varying impacts on the communities that
surround us and those impacts change with distance from the airfield.
The impacts are airborne and ground based and in both cases we continue
to encourage airline operators to use fuel efficient less noisy
aircraft and we continue to invest in public transport operations.
We are also
investing in a track monitoring system which, when operational, will
for the first time allow us to record the tracking of an
aircraft’s flight path, thereby giving greater clarity to an
aircraft's position over the ground and to the type and flight profile
of the aircraft. This will aid us with addressing concerns
about noise and flight paths when talking to community groups.
In
2008 we will continue to meet with local groups and keep them appraised
of our plans. To this end we aim to continue to progress a planning
application which is expected to be lodged by mid year. Aside
from
this, we are also forging ahead with operational improvements,
including a walkway to ease the transfer of passengers between aircraft
and the terminal building, reducing the use of coaches in the process.
We will keep you updated through this medium and our other mechanisms
as our plans progress.
And
finally may I offer you Season's Greetings and hope that you have a
happy and safe Christmas and New Year.
Paul
Kehoe,
Chief Executive
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| INTRODUCING...
Inspector
Dave Stokes
"Twelve
uniformed Police Officers, four Police Community Support Officers and
three Special Constables form the neighbourhood policing team based at
Bristol International.
"Heading
up this team, I have 26 years' experience with Avon & Somerset
Police and have been an Inspector for eight years. Prior to this
posting I served at Weston-super-Mare police station.
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"Our
main aim is to provide an appropriate level of policing to all airport
users with the emphasis on creating and maintaining good partnerships
to counter crime. We provide 24/7 cover and I would encourage both
staff and members of the public to come and speak with us if they feel
we can be of help to them."
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| FUNDRAISING
REACHES £70,000
MARK
Staff
and passengers at Bristol International have raised almost
£70,000 for Children's Hospice South West, with
fundraising efforts set to continue in the run up to Christmas. For
example, Santa's Sleigh will be collecting donations around the local
area throughout December, courtesy of the airport's fire section. Watch
this space for news of Bristol International's chosen charity of the
year for 2008.
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| GREENER
CAR PARK BUSES HIT THE ROAD
Five
new car park buses at the cutting edge of environmental standards have
been introduced to serve Bristol International's car parks. The
Mercedes Benz-Citaros not only meet current legislation on exhaust
emissions, but also comply with the even tougher 'Euro 5' limits which
do not come into force until 2010.
The
vehicles, two of which are 18m long 'bendy' buses, have more space for
passengers, their luggage, and wheelchairs on board, as well as
low-level design which makes getting on and off with heavy suitcases
that much easier.
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| GREEN
TRAVEL PLAN IN PLACE
Bristol
International's Green Travel Plan was circulated to all employees at
the airport in November and provides details on how staff can travel to
and from work in an environmentally friendly way, rather than
travelling alone by car.
Bristol
International has linked up with 2CarShare.com to make it
easier for staff to find a convenient car share partner. Priority
parking bays have been provided in the main staff car park for car
sharers, and employees from Bristol also have the option of free travel
on the Flyer express coach service.
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| FLYING
START FOR HEALTHY
TUCK SHOP
A
tuck shop with a difference opened at the start of December, the result
of a partnership between pupils at Bridge Farm Primary School in
Whitchurch, Bristol International and its catering partner SSP. The new
tuck shop will not be selling the standard sweets, crisps and fizzy
drinks. Instead, fruit, low-fat and sugar-free snacks will be on the
menu - all part of an initiative
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developed
through education charity ABLAZE.
The
airport's retail team provided expert advice to the children on
everything from sourcing supplies to market research and branding, and
also funded the production of attention-grabbing signage designed by
the children.
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| £7.5
MILLION INVESTMENT
Work
began in November on a £7.5m project to transform facilities
at
Bristol International, including an extension to the security search
area to ensure the speed of the passenger journey to the departure
lounge is not adversely affected by additional security measures
introduced by the Department for Transport.
Other
changes include a wider choice of refreshment options in the
shape of two new restaurants in the departure lounge, and a new retail
outlet.
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| AIRPORT
HELPS PRINCE'S TRUST CELEBRATE SUCCESS
Bristol
International was proud to sponsor the Educational Achiever of the Year
category at the Prince's Trust's recent Celebrate Success
South West Awards. The prestigious prize went to Kingsley Langdon (18)
for becoming the first person in custody to achieve the Prince's Trust
Gold Award.
Kingsley
said: "It's fantastic to have won this award and the Prince's Trust has
changed everything for me. I have a sense of achievement, I'm confident
I can do even better in the future - and winning this award proves it!"
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| VITAL
BUSINESS ROUTES SECURED
Flybe's
decision to withdraw from the routes formerly operated by BA Connect
back in March left a gap in the market for a full-service scheduled
carrier to operate between Bristol International and a number of key
business routes. In June, Air France seized this opportunity by
launching a three-times daily service to Paris Charles de Gaulle, and
Lufthansa followed suit in November by announcing its intention to
operate a similar service to Frankfurt from March 2008. Both are
vitally important routes, not just because of the major cities they
serve, but also the hundreds of onward connections across the globe
they make available to businesses in the South West.
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| LOCAL
CHILDREN SEARCH FOR
SANTA
Over
250 children were given a Christmas treat to remember on Saturday 1st
December thanks to Bristol International Airport, Bristol Zoo Gardens
and Ryanair.
The
airline flew in around 150 children from Dublin, and while these
special visitors were whisked away to meet Father Christmas at Bristol
Zoo,
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a
further 100+ children from the Bristol area (including families from
Children's Hospice South West - the airport's charity of 2007) boarded
the Ryanair plane to 'search for Santa' in the skies of South West
England, before joining their Irish guests at the Zoo for more festive
fun.
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| LOCAL
ARTIST SET TO FLY TO NEW YORK
Bristol
International has teamed up with arts centre Spike Island to offer a
transatlantic residency programme to one lucky local artist, providing
the opportunity to spend three months living and working in New York.
Flying
direct to New York with Continental Airlines, the winning artist will
be based within a prestigious studio, and will have the opportunity to
create work and establish a network within this iconic city. The
deadline for applications has now closed, and the selected artist will
be announced in January 2008.
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