Just looking through some passenger stats there - it's been a very decent start to 2017 at Knock. The airport has posted the highest % increase of the four main airports in the country in each of the first four months of the year and each month was a record for that month at the airport. There isn't much happening in the way of new routes, so the loads on existing services must be well up.
They're 18000 up on last year to the end of April (and last year was a record year), so even a breakeven year from here would see the annual numbers surpass 750k for the first time.
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http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/N...h-13022017.htm
I've never understood why Knock hasn't managed to secure a service to a hub airport similar to the KLM service from Inverness to Amsterdam, which seems to be surviving and growing despite that airport offering onward connections via Heathrow also. Inverness and Knock would be similar airports in a lot of ways - they serve relatively remote areas and achieve similar passenger numbers so you would think a similar operation could be very successful at Knock. The point to point UK and sun routes are well served at this stage so it would seem a logical next step for the airport.