It'd be a real shame if Aer Lingus gave up on the LHR route - I've used it a few times now, as well as Paris and the service is great and fares are always reasonable.
Pity about the loads, surely can't be good for business. Although I wonder if other Britain-Ireland loads have been affected (both domestic and UK-IRL)?
How are BD doing on the BHD-LHR-BHD runs, I wonder?
Funny you should mention EZY, when I was checking in for my flight to LHR with EI the EZY desks were all completely deserted (as far as pax are concerned anyway, obviously the staff were there). Don't think I saw a single person check in with EZY.