Clandestino
It's the choice of going bankrupt now, with equipment ready to go when ash disperses, financing becomes available and new airlines arise from the ashes of old, or going bankrupt a few months later with equipment that no money will help get airborne.
Complete lunacy. Ever tried to finance airline? Probably not.
Who cares about new airlines if old didn't came though? If there will be a massive bunkruptcies now, you can forget about getting a penny for new airlines, especially when the root cause of failure (volcano and stupid authorities) are still in place.
Long term profits are important. But they are nothing without positive cashflow. Probably you don't know, but 4 out of 5 airlines are failing because of cash shortage, not because of lack of profit.