(16 Jan 2022, 11:35 am)Bazza wrote It may be that the profits created during the day are not enough to cover the losses during the evening, in which case the operator would withdraw completely.

In which case, they need to do something about the daytime route and ensure it is more than sustainable, rather than maintaining the status quo.

The operators sole aim is to make money. Its not about passengers.
If they're struggling to make money from their existing network, then something is going wrong somewhere.