FRatSTN
All your points are correct, TUI passenger figures will be lower in S18 with them removing one based a/c.
Those four extra flights in no way make up for the loss.(just a variety of airlines)
What will be interesting this summer is that nobody has added any extra flights to compensate for the loss of MON on the Palma, Malaga, Gibraltar, Faro etc
STN has a multitude of options/ carriers that will be plying those routes but LTN is virtually reliant on EasyJet.
No competition from Wizz, totally different markets except Cyprus
This will probably pay dividends for EZY with a virtual monopoly this summer and looking at some of the high season prices already I think they will be more than happy with the situation.
I personally just hope LTN becomes a more pleasurable experience to fly from this year(fingers more than crossed)