Surely not handing those routes to JQ. If so, it seems the strategy is to deliberately lose customers. A large proportion of people flying this route are those on business, even if not business class they don't want to be crammed into a LCc. Many of the remainder are older and flying to Europe but wishing to avoid Arab states and fly their familiar route. Gobsmackingly incompetent strategies if they hand it to JQ, but consistent.