So, pax numbers were down in January. Annual growth was up 8%. So what? That's nothing unusual. All airports have up and down months, even LHR, but that's not to say the interest will have tailed off, nor that the bidders won't have their eyes on the bigger picture.
Quite the contraty, in fact, with reports that BAA can anticipate bids at the higher end of the scale (£700m or so) when first round bids open today. The level and calibre of interest in EDI has been excellent, and bodes particularly well for passenger numbers in the near future. Seems BAA knew exactly what they were doing when they put EDI up for sale.