An inside look at flight cancellations for those who wonder....

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Well, yes - but what you are talking about is a hypothetical set of circumstances where a hypothetically ruthless airline might possibly find a situation where cancelling a flight lost it less money than otherwise. Under those circumstances, we don't know that it is financially worthwhile cancelling, even after compensation, it's just a surmise. Rebooking passengers on a later flight only works if there is space available. There are very few airlines with that degree of cynicism, backed up by the technology to accurately analyse and exploit those possibilities.

In short, although the 'radeng' scenario is possible, the danger it is an unknown, whereas the 'Northbeach' scenarios are established.

Sorry radeng - attempting to disagree with the view expressed and the the person - hope that comes across!



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