Points about AMS & DUS = nonsense. Both are quite a distance from NRN, higher prices, less convenient. Not comparing apples & apples. If NRN closes as a base I assume RYR will still operate in/out of it. HV and all the other airlines who plan to use it will still do so. RYR is the only late night operator, but the airport will still stay operating and RYR can flit in & out as it wishes. Thus 2500 jobs will not be lost.
The point about its schedule is similar to why EZ never started up in AMS. 10 years ago there was a 23.00 curfew. That has since been relaxed. However, at the time EZ calculated that by having a/c based in UK and opertaing in/out AMS on the last rotation, with the time difference they could make 1 more sector per day. A lot of money they reasoned. I assume wthat RYR have calculated that scheduling to land by 22.45 instead of 23.45 will cost them. Many combinations will have to change. Funny though, they've been closing at CRL at 23.00 ever since day 1.
Considering the enormous number of Dutch pax using NRN I wonder where plan B is. Cologne is 24 hours, but deeper into Germany, and possibly more expensive. EIN is off the table. LGE, 24 hrs, but too close to CRL, and do they allow unlimited day time ops? So, in that area where is the alternative? or will NRN follow the CRL model, if indeed they still have a 23.00 curfew.