Passenger numbers
September CAA stats show that 712,751 passengers were handled in the month, an increase of 8.1% on the September 2014 figures. The rolling 12-month total stands at 6,652,852, up 5.8% on a year ago.
This is the first time that four consecutive months have each seen passenger numbers above 700,000 with August producing over 776,000.
With additional flights this winter from easyJet, Thomson and the new Wizz operation it looks as though 6.7 million will be attained by the end of this calendar year beating last year's previous record total of 6.33 million.