I seem to recall reading that once a flight reaches a certain delay ex-base Ryanair’s policy is to cancel so as to protect it’s punctuality statistics. I would think inbound flights are a different matter as the aircraft needs to be brought back to base regardless.

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I don’t know for certain either way about this to be fair. You could well be right.

The one thing I do know is that my friend who is a Q400 pilot for Flybe has warned me that there are certain flights out of Manchester to avoid at all costs as low loads will regularly lead to cancellations in order to merge flights. Monday evenings and Friday mornings spring to mind. The games the airlines play are interesting, and I guess in this case, BE can do something RYR can’t do because they have higher frequencies and lower loads.