Better than I would have expected alright. Certainly the EDI flights I took in July were well above the average numbers (low 40s) that I'm used to. If they put up a similar total in August they should be well on their way to 650,000 + for the year. I'll get an idea of whether its a similar story in August on the EDI route next week. London's run in the gaelic football championship will have helped a bit as well.
Late night STN in winter would be popular alright but the airport's winter strategy in recent years has been to stick rigidly to daytime hours to cut costs - hopefully they can finance something different this winter as it would undoubtedly boost pax numbers.