A report in the Daily Echo today says that the airport expects over 3 million passengers a year by next summer, which is when they hope to have the new terminal completed. The 'temporary' departures has been open since Christmas and when I passed through in January it was a massive improvement. This must mean that there's an announcement shortly about furhter aircraft from FR, unless some other airline is planning something.
There isn't a hope in hell of Bournemouth getting to 3 million passengers a year by next summer. It only currently handles approx 1 million passengers a year. Theres very little chance of Bournemouth being able to triple passengers in one year, while in the middle of a global recession. I presume the new terminal has a capacity of up to 3 million passengers and some journalist misinterpreted this as meaning they wanted 3 million passengers by next year. It just aint going to happen!