Many of the EZY dropped routes have/had no direct competition in NCL, they were dropped as they believed they could make more money elsewhere, and that's the bottom line, it's a business and while many of us would prefer a larger EZY base they do still offer a good service all year round. I think you need to look at the timing of the EZY decline also, LS moved in after EZY cut back the based units, they weren't the cause of that, and as far as Murcia goes it was an LS route, their first from NCL in fact, long before EZY tried to muscle in on the route. If EZY had really been committed to growing the NCL base they would not have allowed LS to become such a dominant player in the summer months. It's also worth noting that much of the LS summer traffic has been at the expense of the charter operators, they have more than taken up the slack left by XL and probably curtailed growth by TOM/TCX, by which I mean could have had a 4th based unit from either or both by now if it wasn't for LS. For the record that's not a criticism of LS, they do a good job at what they do, and it's good for the airport and passengers to have a 3rd major player in the holiday market.