Bristol Airport is to invest £8.6m in the extension of its eastern terminal by summer 2015, including a new departure area and shops. Construction will begin in September.
The development is expected to attract new retail brands to Bristol Airport as well as creating more space for existing retailers. It will also see the installation of hundreds of additional seats in the departure lounge and offers the potential for a second executive lounge facility.
Behind the scenes, it will deliver an improved baggage processing area, while other features include an outdoor terrace for passengers waiting to board their flights.
Robert Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer at Bristol Airport, said, “High quality infrastructure will make Bristol Airport even more attractive to airlines, helping to extend the choice of destinations available – including long haul services to North America and the Middle East in future.”
Bristol Airport is the UK’s fifth largest airport outside London and the ninth largest in the UK, handling 6.1 million passengers in 2013. Passenger numbers in June reached record levels for the month, and the total for the rolling 12 month period reached 6.23 million, surpassing the record total for a calendar year achieved in 2008 for the first time.