Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Interesting question - I was thinking the same myself. All the responses are about crew availability, but the individual airport/airline threads reference lack of handling agent staff.
Doesn’t Ryanair have their own handling agents? Blue Handling or something like that at least at STN which probably helps with the flexibility to keep the hub going and tidy up delays when they come in. I think they are also quick to change planes when there are issues.