Car Hire Bristol Airport

ALAMO/NATIONAL PROCEDURES ON ARRIVAL

All Customers should make their way to the rental desk which is situated in the Car Hire Hall opposite the main terminal building (approx 150yds).

ARRIVAL OUTSIDE OFFICE HOURS

All Out of Hours reservations are on a REQUEST BASIS and must be confirmed by the branch. Reservations must have a flight number.

There is a local cost involved for this service. The cost is in additional to the rental cost.

ON DEPARTURE/RETURNING YOUR VEHICLE

Customers should follow Car Rental Return Signs (Brown in colour.)

Once inside the Car Rental Car Park the vehicle should be parked in an Allocated Alamo and National space.

The customer will either be met in the car park by a Customer Returns Agent or should return the keys to the Rental desk in the Car Hire Hall on the way to the main Terminal building.

DROP OFF OUTSIDE OFFICE HOURS

As above but keys should be placed in the Key Return box which is situated at the front of the Car Hire Hall.

SPECIAL NOTE

All reservations must have flight numbers.

Delayed customers will not be met unless the reservation has a flight number

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Bristol Airport - Europcar Returns

Park the car in the Europcar parking spaces located in the short-term car park. 
Sign posted ‘Car Hire Return’. 

Make sure all doors and windows are locked and leave the paperwork in the car.

Take keys to Europcar Car Hire Hall. Customers should be advised that no refunds will be given at this office.

We try to ensure that the information provided above is as up to date. However we cannot guarantee the changes have not been made since it was last updated.

Last Updated: 3/9/08

In March 1997 the airport's name was changed to Bristol International Airport. (Bristol Lulsgate Airport.)

Passenger numbers passed through three million in 2002, largely due to the arrival of the low-cost carrier Go Fly. Continued expansion by easyJet led to another increase in passengers — to 3.8 million. In May 2005, Continental Airlines introduced a direct flight from Bristol to Newark with Boeing 757 aircraft.

The terminal building does not have jetways, so all aircraft park on the apron and passengers either walk out to their flights, or are carried by bus.

Bristol International Airport is located on the A38, 8 miles (13 km) south of Bristol city centre. The airport is signposted from the M5, from junction 22 when approaching from the south and junction 18 when approaching from the north. Neither gives quick access to the airport, a fact which is recognised by the Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study. A number of solutions have been proposed, including a new link road between the A38 and the A371 but nothing has been approved.

The Bristol International Flyer bus service operates from Bristol calling at Bristol Temple Meads railway station, Bristol Bus station and Clifton. The service takes 30 minutes from the city centre and can be booked as part of a Rail journey changing between train and bus at Bristol Temple Meads. First Group operates an hourly bus service from Weston-super-Mare.