So Harry, is the problem with Van Air
1) they are a very small airline?
2) they ran a remote operation?
3) commercial pressure from the ticket seller?
runway30,
Size of airline has little significance, size of aircraft operated does tend to have a significance, a previous colleague of mine referred to small aircraft as 'Airfix kits' ... he had a point.
Remote operation, if that remote operation hasn't been regulated by their Czech authority then that is the fault of the authority and not the operator ... Do you recall when you may have gone in to a pub and ordered a beer aged 16 or 17 ... If nobody asks to see your ID is that your fault?
Every operator has a commercial department whether they be in-house, a tour operator or a ticket seller. I have no idea what may have gone on but, as an example, Royal Mail contracts, if a flight operates late then financial penalties apply to the point if it gets so late it is more financially viable to cancel, is that commercial pressure?