"The fact Cork-Stansted has gone thrice daily from the end of Oct with no agreement is testament to that."
Well that would suggest they are building on a profitable, successful route, or one that may have more potential.
It is not however, proof that routes that were axed, were profitable at all.
"You asked me where the routes profitable"
I didn't actually, I asked you, how do you know for certain the routes were profitable.