Bristol Airport boss says campaigners flight cap argument ‘flawed’
15.10.09
Suggestions by campaigners that the number of passengers should be limited at Bristol Airport if it is given permission to improve and expand its facilities are 'flawed' according to its chief executive, the Western Mercury reports. At a meeting of North Somerset Council's central area planning committee on October 8, Stop Bristol Airport Expansion (SBAE), a group representing the regions residents, argued the number of passengers using the airport should be capped at eight million a year.
However, Robert Sinclair, chief executive officer at Bristol Airport, said: ‘While it is encouraging that SBAE recognises the need to expand the airport in order to meet demand for air travel to and from the South West, its suggestion of a cap of eight million passengers per annum is flawed. The planning application before North Somerset Council is for facilities to handle growth to 10 million passengers per annum over the next decade to 2019.'
‘The proposed infrastructure has been designed on this basis, the environmental and economic impacts have been assessed using this figure, as have the proposed controls and mitigation measures.’
Mr Sinclair said the development for eight million passengers per year would look entirely different, and it is possible that this volume of passengers could be reached without requiring planning permission.
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