CS
I believe that it was Virgin who had their hat in the ring for the route to Moscow but then easyJet were awarded it.
EasyJet announced some months ago that the route was to go, saying that they wouldn't role out at return to the route at a later date when conditions improve politically, Carolyn McCall also sighted high via costs as a reason for the poor economics of the route. I guess Christmas is an extreme example when fares will be higher. In the round it hasn't been stacking up, and it used to be x2 daily in each direction...