Just noticed didn`t make it very clear,should have read " large number of flights cancelled this year" i:e Fog in December BA cancelled all dometic flights to MAN for 3 days and also when very windy BA did the same for a day so that totals 22 to from LHR a day, somewhere between 2000/3500 pax per day on the shuttle alone which equates to about 1% of monthly domestic pax per day
The other major problem was the very late cancellation of the strike which if I remember right was last 3 days of Jan which must have had a very large effect on the flights to London. I will have a look at the CAA figures when they are published for the domestic flights and make a few comparisons
Ian