Fair point, but just from going off how many years the routes have been operated over the winter I would have assumed that they at least were able to make a little money or break even.
If the schedule does not change once Flybe do a full release then SOU will lose a large number of routes this winter, most of which have been around for quite a long time. It shows the disadvantages of an airport being so dependant on a single airline. Currently we will have lost (compared to last winter, frequencies are approximate);
Alicante - 2 weekly
Bergerac - 3 weekly
Grenoble - 1 weekly
Guernsey - 8 weekly
La Rochelle - 2 weekly
Limoges - 3 weekly
Malaga - 2 weekly
Nantes - 4 weekly
Rennes - 4 weekly
Salzburg - 1 weekly
With frequency reductions elsewhere and the loss of the based E195 it looks to be a quiet winter.