There are quite a few airports down in the south west of Britain. Close to Bristol there are all the airports in the Midlands, there is a short trip to places like Southampton and even London is within a few hours’ drive. Should you want you could even hop into Wales and take a flight from Cardiff airport. This puts Bristol airport in a bit of a difficult situation as it increases the competition dramatically. Why, for example, would somebody choose to fly from Bristol to a location that is also serviced by one of the other airports in close proximity to Bristol; it just wouldn’t happen. The nature of our society is that we are always looking out for the cheapest deal and if you don’t have it then you are going to miss out on a sale. This results in fewer airlines choosing to offer flights from Bristol because they aren’t going to make any money (of course, this is the ultimate aim of the airliners no matter how much they claim they want to only provide a service to paying customers).

Bristol airport is so successful because there are hundreds of flights by the cheaper airlines that go from the airport. Whether you want to fly to mainland Europe or the Americas, there is a cheap flight waiting for you. Bristol airport is so popular because, not only is it so accessible, there is a tremendous amount of choice as to where you fly to at a very competitive price.