Like it or not, Ryanair and STN are stuck with each other
You're probably right, but once the toys have been picked up, I wouldn't be surprised if FR start sniffing around Southend and are probably looking at increasing flights out of LTN to compensate.
MAG calculates that 50 million people live within two hours’ drive of the Essex airport.
Again with a UK population of 59.8 million (at the last census) then all carriers should be scrambling to operate from there