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Bristol Airport

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AddressBristol BS48 3DY, UK
CodeBRS
Elevation 190
Phone +44 871 334 4444
Owners Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Focus city for easyJet
Ryanair
Thomas Cook Airlines
TUI Airways
Serves Bristol
Gloucestershire
Somerset
Wiltshire
Did you knowBristol Airport is the ninth-busiest airport in the UK by passenger traffic (8,239,250).
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About Bristol Airport


Bristol Airport, at Lulsgate Bottom in North Somerset, is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area. It is 7 nautical miles southwest of Bristol city centre.

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... Ms Davies said she realised there was an issue when her passport failed to swipe digitally at Bristol Airport before four people " suited and booted...

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... Britney Spears was supposedly seen at Bristol Airport...

Ukraine conflict: Emotional reunion of Ukrainian sisters at UK airport

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... Ukraine conflict: Emotional reunion of Ukrainian sisters at UK airportTwo Ukrainian sisters and their families have been reunited in emotional scenes at Bristol Airport...

Coronavirus: airports threatened closure of the flights for the dropping of 90%

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... the Bristol Airport, said: support for the repatriation, medical, military and other important movements, a spokeswoman for...

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... And North Devon Council has the planned expansion of Bristol Airport stopped, as it is not compatible with net-zero emissions...

'MI6 conman' Mark Acklom extradited to UK

'MI6 conman' Mark Acklom extradited to UK
Feb 16,2020 3:15 am

...Mark Acklom was placed on a plane in Geneva and was escorted through Bristol Airport One of Britain s most wanted fugitives has been extradited to the UK from Switzerland after being on the run in Europe for years...

'MI6 conman' Mark Acklom extradited to UK

Feb 16,2020 3:06 am

Mark Acklom was placed on a plane in Geneva and was escorted through Bristol Airport

One of Britain's most wanted fugitives has been extradited to the UK from Switzerland after being on the run in Europe for years.

Mark Acklom, who disappeared in 2012, allegedly posed as an MI6 agent to con a Gloucestershire woman out of her £850,000 Life savings.

The 45-year-old was arrested at a luxury apartment in Zurich Last Summer .

He will appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with 20 Fraud offences.

'Most wanted'

They include 12 charges of converting or removing criminal Property and eight charges of Fraud by false representation.

Mr Acklom allegedly posed as an MI6 agent and Swiss banker and conned divorcee Carolyn Woods into loaning him The Money during a year-long relationship in Bath in 2012.

Three years ago a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Mr Acklom who was believed to be in Spain having been released from a Spanish prison over a £200,000 Property Fraud .

Carolyn Woods had a year-long relationship with Mark Acklom during which time She Said she loaned him thousands of pounds

In October 2016 he was among 10 British fugitives named by The National Crime Agency (NCA) as The Most wanted in Spain.

'Very serious charges'

Chief Insp Gary Haskins, from Avon and Somerset Police, said: "No matter where suspected criminals are in The World we will always do everything we can to track them down and bring them back to the UK to face justice.

"This extradition would not have been possible without the support of all our law enforcement partners and I'm extremely grateful for their assistance in helping us bring Acklom home to answer some very serious charges. "

Mr Acklom was escorted back to Bristol Airport from Geneva earlier and is currently in police Custody .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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