Is it possible the cash strapped punter has had enough of being treated like rubbish by Ryanair, fed up of being made to queue up before their aircraft has even landed, then checked for oversize baggage and possibly charged more than the price of the flight for the audacity to buy a bottle or two in duty free, then rambled at in broken english for every possible moment about smokefree cigarettes, scratchcards, instant coffee at 3euro a time and on and on by someone who has had to buy their uniform, pay for training and will probably be let go before 12 months are out? I think given that research is saying people still want their main holiday but are doing away with all the whimsical type breaks, they may very well have burnt out of enthusiasm for Ryanair and maybe thats why they are paring back? Surely they would be in their like wild dogs if the demand was.