Biman Bangladesh finished because the route authority was not granted for DAC-MAN-JFK and had to switch back to BRU.
Gulf air finished as they were only allowed to operate to AUH, and their hub is BAH so proved too costly
Air Jamaica ran into financial difficulties, hence why they are no more.
BWIA also ran into financial issues, and dont even operate to LHR anymore.
It is well know CX and QF were 'convinced' to drop MAN to save the LHR services on BA etc.
AA dropped MIA due to lack of co-operation with BA on codesharing (but are now back with JFK) We may have lost some services with AA but we are the only UK routes outside of fortress Heathrow.
PIA dropped the transits as they always intended to run them direct to the USA and Canada, but had immigration issues which prevented them from doing so. They were never meant to be a permenent fixture.
Singapore, whilst its not Ideal, now back up to 5 weekly, so I wouldnt say they are critical just yet.
Air blue are having issues as MAN was always down as an A330 service, but they havent got the frame yet. The MAN route is their longest route, and with the tech stop is a huge drain on resources, so not surprised they dropped frequency.
As for the others, I will agree with you that they are a loss and no reason why they couldnt work now.
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