I don't know where these figures came from but the latest annual figures (for the years 1999/2000) published by ACI shows Liverpool to be "The Fastest Growing Airport in the World" and is as follows:
1st Liverpool 62%
2nd Antalya 51%
3rd Sharm el Sheikh 49.3%
4th Luxor 33.3%
5th Hurgada 26.2%
6th Stansted 25.6%