Originally Posted by
LTNman
There has got to be questions asked about Ryanair and other airlines continuing to operate services to travel ban destinations just to avoid giving passengers their money back. I know of a couple where money is tight who have lost £700 as they could not travel without insurance. The bonus for Ryanair is that they get to keep government passenger taxes, don’t pay out any passenger handling charges or passenger airport fees for no show passengers.
Wizz have been doing this since 1st May - it’s cheaper to fly the aircraft empty than return 180 passengers their money back. I’m surprised other airlines hadn’t thought of this.