Cancelled flights and extra costs

Grumpy_chap

Westin said:

Strange generic email regarding the cancellation.   I suspect it is more to so with October being end of season and a lack of demand.

I can't help the OP, but I wonder whether this is a case of the airport asking airlines to cancel flights in advance so that there is not chaos / last minute cancellations when the airports cannot manage the capacity.
A bit like Heathrow did:
https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-07-12/heathrow-brings-in-cap-of-100000-daily-departing-passengers-until-september

Especially where this might have been "encouraged" by politicians making comments, the outcome is a right mess. 
No compensation from the politicians.
No consumer claim on the airport - no privity of contract.
It is the airport that failed to support the staff levels, but what do the airlines then get back as compensation?
If the airlines are stuck in the middle, it all rolls downhill to the passenger
The passenger is least able to tolerate the consequences.