Aye - 0645 LGW has disappeared from booking engine Fri, Sat, Sun for at least the last two weekends of Jan. (Too many mouse clicks needed to check further).Recall they dropped the last Sat and early Sun rotations in Jan/Feb last year, but not the Fri. I'm guessing business types are using LCY reducing the early morning demand, and the orange thinghy has added so much cheaper capacity to take the weekend leisure pax.
So Tonyq apologies are certainly in order!
FlyBe are being squeezed by easyjet and by the hike in landing fees at LGW. Their USP has been frequency not price, and cancelling rotations, whilst economically sensible, destroys that USP.
Have to confess as a frequent London bound pax even I have already used the orange plane due to price, and I prefer to use LCY over LGW where the timing works. Not good news for FlyBe, or for the island generally I fear.