Ryanair cancel flights due to pilot shortage?

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Originally Posted by Dockjock

Suprised that flight cancellations aren't regarded by the market as a positive. After all, if you aren't charging for tickets your revenue side isn't affected....but your costs sure go down!

That's not really true. Yes, you save some fuel and other variable costs, but you still have the overwhelming weight of fixed costs to carry, revenue or no revenue, eg. insurance, finance/lease costs, wages, rents.......