It's interesting, it may be a load of rubbish and the flight is gone for good, but on the other hand I don't recall an airline dropping, or "suspending" a route for that reason before? (I don't mean SOU, I mean anywhere).
I always thought that if a route got dropped the airline would just say they weren't happy with it's performance and be done with it?
There have been a lot of cancellations and delays over the last few months, so maybe there is something in their explanation?
I guess we'll just have to wait and see if they bring it back.