Its good to see airlines beginning to compete with 'fortress orange' at LGW for passengers and prices sake!! Its been more noticible recently with:
Monarch starting Barcelona, Venice, Dubrovnik, Heraklion, Milan
BA starting Nice
Lufthansa starting Frankfurt to scare Ezy off/make the most of their hub
Air One starting Milan
I realise the mentioned airlines are all aiming for different areas of the markets but it is good to have a choice on plenty of routes, unlike STN with its equally large but less competed with 'fortress harp'!!