I think the question that is being raised is why Ryanair and Easy were cancelling flights into southern Spanish/Portuguese airports when every other operator wasn't? It was only the Northern Spanish airports that were shut and the instructions from NATS in avoiding the ash are quite clear. Treat it like a mountain and either fly over it or around it and you'll be fine as other carriers are doing.
That was indeed my question, although Easyjet had a flight 35 minutes later on the same route which departed on time. Ryanair were the only one cancelleing flights yesterday, from what I seen on the departure boards anyway.
Whats worse is Ryanair offered me, what they said was "the next avalable flight" tomorrow evening (Monday 10 May), despite the fact the Ryanair website is showing a flight tonight going ontime with seats on sale from £200 one-way.
