It would probably make sense to suspend a service for a while if you were so short of crew you had no-one to fly your aircraft. It would be even better if you had a cosy code share arrangement with the only other carrier who could service the route (so you could still sell seats on it). Can't think of any other long haul destination where we could get away with it with as little damage. Have the ground staff been laid off??
Announce one week we are doubling fleet size and expanding destinations, then suspend a destination the next week????? It’s all a conspiracy!