Surely if the sale does not go through Ryanair get nothing. No sale surely means they dont get the Buzz slots and they dont get the Buzz aircraft. The slots would become vacant and Ryanair would then have to buy them from whoever you buy slots from. What will have happened though is they will have closed down a competitor.
With regard to load factors, everymonth is 2002 saw more passengers travel with Buzz then the previous year. The first drop in pax figures over the previous year came in Jan 03, when this outrageous fiasco was first announced.
We had the "bye bye Buzz" staff party last night. And very good it was too. I doubt when Ryanair closes (and its time will come) there will be so many tears shed over the end of an airline (well perhaps, but tears of joy......)