North West: either your name alludes to something else but either way you do not seem to be in the position to pass comment.
The German routes were doing fine, many squadies use them to get between the army bases in each country and lets not forget Southampton is the cruise capital of Northern Europe. Germans are widely known to be the biggest users of cruises and a lot of the crews are German.
The routes are merely being cut because BE are in the **** and these are easy candidates for the necessary cuts.