The Easyjet announcement is the beginning of the end for the high frequency services that have been re-established since COVID and demise of Flybe.
Expect reductions in services by Emerald and Loganair due to this, they can't compete in terms of cost. Regional connectivity will become a thing of the past.
You'd think so, but given easyJet's ability to screw up almost everything they touch at the moment, it might not be so. You'd have said the same for MAN/ABZ. but that turned out in Loganair's favour.
There seem to be some very poor management and network decisions being made in easyJet and this is another one, IMHO.