It's the Transit pax what 'dunnit'! The figure previously quoted was only terminal pax. Never too early to celebrate Shed.
Re Air China to PVG: Found a link which I now can't find which included "subject to government approval". Would this be normal even if covered by the bilateral?
On the subject of the bilateral, I came across this post on another forum:
"Apparently the new bilateral is protected that these new 12 weekly flights can be used for non-London flights only, and are non-transferable. It is designed to promote flights to the UK regions".
Can anyone confirm if this is correct?