WW to Birmingham looks to be the biggest improver so far, up 47% in January and 34% in February. Luton has seen big gains as well, up 17% in January and up 11% in February with a bigger passenger base than Birmingham. Liverpool (up 13% in January and 3% in February) also seems to be doing quite well.
On the negative side Bristol continues to struggle, down 12% in January and 19% in February. It has such a big catchment area that is otherwise unserved from Knock, I am surprised that it isn't more successful. WW at Manchester are still getting squeezed a bit by Ryanair at LPL & LBA, it is down slightly for the year so far and Stansted was down 11% in February as well, but the load factor there was still fairly decent.
On the subject of load factors the average load on UK routes to and from Knock in February was around 61%. The three London routes were the best performers in February here - Stansted at 72%, Luton at 71% and Gatwick at 66%. Birmingham next on 65% with Liverpool on 62%.
At the other end of the scale Bristol only managed to fill 42% of seats in February and Leeds/Bradford a shocking 33%. I know that the route is there primarily to squeeze out WW but you'd wonder how long MOL will bother with those kind of returns. He appears to have given up trying to chase Aer Lingus off the Gatwick route so LBA mightn't stick around too long either. You'd have to have concerns about the Bristol route as well.
Overall though the UK numbers are up which is good news, the commencement of the Edinburgh route in April should help as well since it doesn't really compete with any other route from the airport.