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Every airport needs good transport links to help it welcome new passengers and make it easy for them to reach the airport whenever they need to.

Bristol Airport became the latest casualty of the heavy snow on the 6th January, when it had to close due to the dreadful weather conditions.

It’s not every day you hear the voice of a famous comedian as you are heading through an airport. But that is exactly what is going to happen if you go to Bristol Airport in the near future.

This is not set to stop anytime soon, and there have been more news stories of late on the progression of ideas regarding the expansion of Bristol Airport.

This was never going to be an easy situation that would be resolved without argument in a short period of time. Whenever an airport proposes that it will expand, there are plenty of people who will come out fighting to try and prevent that from happening.

During the current recession there has been a lot in the news about job losses. This is to be expected, and it has led to people wanting to stick with their current jobs instead of looking for new and better ones, as they usually would.

It has been a busy few weeks with regard to the reaction to the proposed expansion to Bristol Airport. A group called the SBAE – the Stop Bristol Airport Expansion group – has made its feelings known about the plan, which is currently in the consultation period.

Most of us have heard stories about huge pieces of ice falling from aeroplanes while they are in flight. They fall to the ground many times without any incidents, but every now and again someone gets an unwelcome reminder that you might just be unlucky to get hit by one.

It’s actually pretty common to hear plans about the expansion of airports. It is also equally common to hear a lot of opposition to such plans.

It is getting to be common knowledge now that foreign holidays are well and truly off the table for many people. And as a result airports are beginning to suffer the strains because less and less of us are heading to use their services in order to get out of this country and into another one.