random_flyer what makes you think it makes money?
The Telegraph article wasn 't all made up if you read it, the numbers make sense. Falling traffic, rising tax, steady competition, falling yields, better opportunitiues elsewhere. A good analogy is that BA pulled out of Ireland entirely in 1991, massive market but weak profits.
Ryanair are in the weakest position on the London to Glasgow market
Not something they're often guilty of surely. What's changed in the market that kills FR but somehow leaves BD in profit?