Bristol Airport confirms changes that will be rolled out from January 4

Bristol Airport’s parking charges are set to increase next week. Higher costs will be placed on ‘kiss and fly’ journeys to the airport, which are the most inefficient form of transport.

Motorists using the ‘Drop & Go’ car park for a ten-minute stay will pay £6 rather than £5. People who are dropping off family and friends who have a Blue Badge, will continue to be able to use the Drop & Go car park for an extended stay of 40 minutes for £6.00 on scanning the Blue Badge at the exit barrier.

The ‘Short Stay and Pick Up’ car park has a fee of £6.00 for 30 minutes. Bristol Airport’s website says: “Customers have a choice of other car parking options including a free one-hour Waiting Zone. The free one-hour car park is located by the entrance to Silver Zone to the south of the terminal.

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“Drivers can wait for 60 minutes free of charge in this area, before relocating to the collect customers from the car parks closer to the terminal. A courtesy bus transfer bus service is also available between the Waiting Zone and terminal.”

There will be a lot of changes at our local airport ^[3] this year as the site undergoes a ‘transformational’ £60m facelift.^[4] It will see the creation of a public transport interchange hub as well as a multi-storey car park.

The public transport interchange hub will be used by coaches and buses on the top level of the multi-storey car park. It is set to increase the number of bus/ coach bays from six to 16.

The top level of the car park will also provide a dedicated Drop-Off and Pick-up location for family, friends or taxis. There will be over 2,000 spaces available in the new multi-storey car park.

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