VentureGo, you are behind the times with your information
I was only referring to Newcastle Airport's own webpage as I referred to in post. Maybe Newcastle Airport need to keep their web pages up to date.
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from: Lost Baggage - Newcastle Airport
Also, I see they've not yet updated the passenger statistics for June of this year:
Domestic passengers quoted as 9691, where a previous poster has indicated he received a response from NIA who said the true figure was 96910, which seems more in line with year on year comparisons:
Passenger Statistics