Passenger numbers take off at Bristol Airport
Passenger numbers at Bristol International Airport (BIA) rose in January compared to the same month last year, despite the wintry weather across Europe.
Passenger numbers at Bristol International Airport (BIA) rose in January compared to the same month last year, despite the wintry weather across Europe.
Hundreds of Bristol jobs are at risk after Airbus threatened to scrap its £20billion programme to build the A400M military aircraft. The much-delayed A400M made its debut test flight from San Pablo airport, near Seville, Spain last month – after a delay of more than a year and £10bn over budget.
Workers at Airbus and Rolls-Royce, Bristol’s two largest aerospace companies, will at last get the chance tomorrow to see one of their most important projects for decades take to the sky.
Engineering group GKN today landed its largest piece of work since officially taking over Airbus’s wing parts manufacturing plant at Filton in January.
Bosses at Bristol Airport have said they are confident their expansion plans will not hinder efforts to cut greenhouse gas emission from aviation – despite a government report which said growth in air travel could not continue unchecked.
Bristol-based engine maker Rolls-Royce has signed a near-$2billion order with Air China and Ethiopian Airlines to supply 32 aircraft. The order was confirmed at the Dubai Air Show on Sunday, with the Chinese firm taking hold of 20 new Aitbus A330 from 2011, powered by Rolls-Royce’s Trent 700 engines.
Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce, which has its main UK defence plant in Bristol, today warned it sees no signs of a sustained recovery in either the commercial or military markets.
Aerospace giant Airbus has sold just two of its flagship A380 superjumbos so far this year, its latest sales figures show. Airbus, whose major base at Filton is supplying parts for the giant airliner, had hoped to sell at least 10 A380s this year to take its total sales of the double-decker aircraft above 200.
Troubled aerospace giant Airbus sees a bright future for its 555-seat A380 superjumbo, the world’s largest airliner – as long as it can add another 300 or so seats.
Hundreds of jobs have been secured at Bristol’s Rolls-Royce plant after the government announced a £3bn order for 40 new Typhoon fighter jets. The engines for the Eurofighter programme are built at the firm’s new plant in Patchway. But while ministers hailed the deal for 112 new aircraft for the four partner nations as “excellent news” for Britain’s armed forces, it could be the last order for Typhoons made by the UK government.
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