RE CHECK-IN DESKS
If my memory serves me correctly the 100-10? desks at the far end of the terminal have not been used in a long time - only remember them being used for a short while by Ryanair I think, so no real need for extra desks as other people have said most do on-line and bag drop now.
The passenger numbers on the Copenhagen route are amazing, I see our friends on the Birmingham thread seem a bit worried about passengers using Luton instead of SAS out of Brum. On some easyJet flights especially at weekends the sold out signs appear on a regular basis.