Passenger figures
2012 is turning out to be a decent year for BRS with only January seeing a small percentage fall in passenger numbers. All other months have seen percentage gains with November the best at 10.8%.
However, this is due in part to the later half-term holiday this autumn which stretched into November (unlike 2011) and, looking at CAA stats, it seems to have benefited a number of airports.
The 10.8% increase in November meant that 346,876 passengers were handled bringing the rolling year to 5,917,170 which is 3.1% better than a year ago.
This will be the third consecutive year that the airport has enjoyed small percentage gains so breaking through the 6 mppa barrier in 2013 (for only the second year in its history) may well be a realistic target.
As for rumours, I've heard a few some of which are contradictory, especially in regard to Ryanair.