BACX Cut Routes!

Just found this from Justplanes:

British Airways will discontinue a series of routes out of Birmingham and Manchester operated by CitiExpress from the start of the coming winter schedule at the end of October. The airline will suspend service from Birmingham to Vienna & Rome as well as from Manchester to Cork, Nice, Pisa, Rome, Shannon, Stuttgart, Venice & Zurich 😮 😮 😮 :confused: :confused: :confused:

Why so many routes from MAN??? any body know why??? or have more info