I think a discussion of the fall in traffic at LPL is valid for the Manchester thread, as the presumption must be that many of those pax are now travelling from Ringway.
I would also point out that the CAA figures are provisional and subject to change. I have certainly noticed large shifts in numbers between the provisonal figures and the final statistics. Such a massive reduction in numbers at LPL may be due to the simple fact that not all traffic in April has yet been accounted for.
Finally, according to the provisional figures, Stansted carried more passengers than Manchester last month - the first time that has happened for quite some time.