increase due ash cloud i would think, but not bad.
i wouldn't classify BOH as one of the UK's smallest, as i have mentioned before, it is a regional airport (100k to 1m pax per yr) BOH has far too much potential to be classified as a candidate for closure. I think that guy from MAG was wrong to talk like he did.
but i do agree that the ''smallest airports'', under 100k per year in my opinion, do look more unstable and i would also suggest closure being the best option... airports like Coventry, Oxford, Cambridge, Filton (closing in 2012), Carlisle, Durham, Humberside, Blackpool, Lydd, Shoreham, Gloucester, Southend (still not sure how this will develop in the long term with LCY and STN so close) also look potentially weak.