Bosses at Bristol Airport have welcomed a court decision to uphold planning permission to increase passenger capacity by two million a year. Action group Bristol Airport Action Network (BANN) has launched a statutory appeal against the plans for expansion.
The airport's plans are for the number of passengers who use the airport every year to increase from 10 million to 12 million, but campaigners say that will have disastrous consequences for local people and the environment. The most recently available figures for Cardiff Airport show that in the year to October, 2022, the Welsh airport handled 811,000 passengers.
The plans include major investment in the terminal building, which is popular with passengers from Wales, parking facilities, and public transport links.
