highwideandugly, are you seriously trying to compare the current situation to 18 months ago?
Yes, definitely come back and revisit in 2/3 years. All being well, the airport is shaping up to be in a fantastic position. In another 18 months there should be at least 2 daily Heathrow and Amsterdam as well as multiple daily Aberdeen. Already more than there was. Not to mention at least daily Southampton, Bristol and Belfast, hopefully Dublin as well. That's before we even start mentioning Jersey, Newquay, Palma, Alicante, Bourgas and Corfu.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see the likes of Malaga, Tenerife, Dalaman and Faro pop up in the not too distant future and I still reckon a based LCC could be in the pipeline before 2023. They'll be up against hot competition at NCL for Wizzair though