Maybe this would give BOH the incentive to start the new and long overdew terminal. I feel that this is one of the reasons why BOH has been 'held back' in recent years. Look at the loss of the Thomson charters as soon as the new SOU terminal opened. I'm sure that with the backing of Manchester Airport PLC that things are changing and it wont be long before major expansion occurs. Just look at whats happened in the last year. BOH is oncourse to handle circa 380,000 PAX in 2002 compared to 266,000 in 2001.
If Buzz do come to BOH, then 2003 would be even better and if you include the proposed new Ryanair route then BOH will be giving SOU a run for their money in 2003!