‘Cheaper to fly to Australia’ – NI MPs raise issues on Belfast to London flights

A departure board at Belfast International Airport as flights to the UK and Ireland were cancelled as a result of air traffic control issues in the UK (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

MPs from Northern Ireland have pressed ministers on the price and reliability of flights from Belfast to London, with the DUP’s Sammy Wilson alleging “you can fly to Australia cheaper”.

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he had “gone soft” by granting an urgent question to DUP MP for Strangford Jim Shannon, on “belatedly announced cancellations of flights”.