OK good questions, let's have a look.
The 747s, at the weights they land at and take-off at, need every metre of that runway.
Given most of them are LUX bound and lightly fuelled they depart like homesick angels, only the Westbounds are heavy fuelled and they're well airborne before Link K unlike certain Flying Tiger classics or Worldways DC8s I could mention, i.e. Performance is way better today.
In winter why do you operate two flights a day with the same aircraft, but different crews when say three aircraft sit at the terminal all day ? Why 1st departure at 0610 ish, last arrival at 11pm ish when two aircraft could be sent out at say 0900 ish, both back at 1600 ish ? The point being tighter hours for terminal opening hence reduced cost and better timings for staff and passengers alike.
Ryanair operate to suit Ryanair not PIK, the aircraft is able to be active all day and fly PIK-abc-def-abc-PIK, leaving PIK early and getting back late.
Ryanair win.
Why did you run down the PIK - STN to one mid day return when the suits required a morning return and an evening return and used those flights ?
APD had an impact and the B738 was too big for the ideal frequency, all at the same time FR was moving to sun routes, hence PIK-STN died a self inflicted death.
Ryanair fail.
Why did you transfer the STN and DUB to GLA, with what must be increased cost in fees and increased cost in flight-time / routing.
Was the DUB transfer just to challenge Aer Lingus ?
Their business model has evolved to accomodate more mainline airports with customer friendly facilities. STN wasn't transferred, it was axed and brought back years later from GLA. DUB and LON are city routes and are a better fit for GLA than PIK under this new model. The difference is distance is as near to zero as makes no difference.
What do your other Operators think of RYR paying reduced fees if that is the case ?
Who cares, it's up to them to manage their own commercial relationships.
The key issue you're avoiding is can PIK survive with that terminal as it is, and if so how?