Some very good posts while I've been away. I agree with most of what has been said and hope the Jet 2 rumour is fulfilled.
There was a very interesting article in The Times about Regional Airports inter alia Ryanair cut backs at Manchester and the figure of 5 million pax per year is apparently the magic figure whereby revenues from retail etc become really meaningful to the airport, hence the special offers made to Lo-cost operators to try and achieve this goal.
Will NCL maintain it in 2009?