Why take off when destination will be closed?

[JoThePlentyPax]

Hello, I am a reader for years, but now I have a question to ask:
Ryanair flight from Dublin to Stuttgart. We sit in the plane for nearly 3 hours. After 20:00 local it was clear to me that we will not reach Stuttgart, due to their hard stance on the 23:00 curfew (noise problems).
But at 20:37 we start rolling, captain says we fly to Stuttgart, but OF COURSE we fly to Frankfurt/Hahn. We arrive in buses at STR at 04:00 the next day.
WHY??
What is the bean counters spreadsheet saying? Too many passengers unaware of their rights (250 EUR you can get due to EU regulations)? Hotel in Dublin too expensive?
I really don't get it :-/

[flyboyike]

Hello, I am a reader for years, but now I have a question to ask:
Ryanair flight from Dublin to Stuttgart. We sit in the plane for nearly 3 hours. After 20:00 local it was clear to me that we will not reach Stuttgart, due to their hard stance on the 23:00 curfew (noise problems).
But at 20:37 we start rolling, captain says we fly to Stuttgart, but OF COURSE we fly to Frankfurt/Hahn. We arrive in buses at STR at 04:00 the next day.
WHY??
What is the bean counters spreadsheet saying? Too many passengers unaware of their rights (250 EUR you can get due to EU regulations)? Hotel in Dublin too expensive?
I really don't get it :-/

Well, you're a lot closer to Stuttgart in Frankfurt than in Dublin, so there's that.

[Paulm1949]

Also why bother reading and printing the weather and notams out if their decision is going to be the same regardless? Not to mention carrying minimum fuel too regardless. Begs the question.

[Piltdown Man]

Paulm1949 - There were several different considerations on this flight. The first was the flight aspect and from what I know about RYR pilots this would have been properly done with no short cuts. I’ll bet they knew hours in advance that GLA would be shut which leaves us with the second. RYR’s Flight Ops. Dept would also have been aware that GLA would not have been possible so they departed for GLA knowing full well they were off to PIK. And then there’s the last one, But someone somewhere decided that the passengers should be lied to. It makes no difference how much or little you pay for a ticket, you should be told the truth. It’s not as if RYR can’t afford the compensation as they are one of the wealthiest airlines in the world.

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