Originally Posted by
captjns
Ryanair's income is derived from passenger and baggage fees, goods sold on the jet, real estate, credit cards, Hertz in Europe, hotels, mortgages and what not.
Add to that collected taxes that will never come due.
Many people buy tickets on Ryan Air for pennies.
In their mind it is a no loss proposition, even if the trip is canceled.
For each ticket, Ryan collects taxes.
These are, along with the fare, non-refundable.
If the passenger does not fly, the airline does not owe the taxes collected.