Interested to see what they will do with the new LGW-SNN service if they downscale/close the LGW base. A single, very early morning rotation for principally P2P traffic has always seemed an odd timetabling choice, particularly as the single FR SNN/LGW rotation follows it within a matter of hours. The flexibility of being able to use EI to/from LGW/SNN is lost by having to/from schlep to LGW or SNN at the crack of dawn. The inconvenience is causing people to stick to the first SNN/LHR service.
I believe an evening service would be much more useful. At the moment, most non business people I know who would like to use the EI LGW service are continuing to fly on FR from either LGW or STN (to avoid EI’s LHR fees) and back on EI to LHR or FR to STN to give themselves extra time in bed!