Second Bristol Airport could take off
29.10.08
A regional transport blueprint ‘opens the door’ for a second airport for Bristol, the Evening Post reports. Planning consultant Graham Parker believes wording in the Regional Spatial Strategy could allow for an upgrade of Filton Airfield to a commercial airport.
The Government wants the airfield, which is used by Airbus and other aerospace companies, as well as for pilot training and business flights, to be ‘more integrated’ into the South West transport network. In its transport blueprint for the region, the airfield has been given the same status as Exeter, Bournemouth and Bristol Airport.
Mr Parker said: ‘It raises a spectre for the residents of Patchway, Filton and Bradley Stoke. This policy, if adopted, would give the blessing to the introduction of additional passenger services and opens the door for the resurrection of the notion of a second airport for Bristol.'
However, MP for Bristol North West Doug Naysmith, whose constituency includes Filton, says there is ‘no chance’ it could become a commercial airport.
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