Transport: Northern Ireland

(asked on 9th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on connectivity between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.


Answered by
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Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 16th July 2020

The government welcomes the resumption of passenger services between airports in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. In May the Government announced a £5.7million funding package of measures,?temporarily supporting?two airlinks,?from Belfast and Londonderry to London,?and associated airport services at City of Derry Airport and Belfast City Airport. The funding package ensured that lifeline connectivity services continued to both Belfast and Londonderry during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We recognise that the impacts of COVID-19 on the civil aviation sector will continue for some time. The Department speaks regularly to the Northern Ireland Executive, airlines and airports as part of our engagement on restart and recovery in the sector and will continue to do so as we look to rebuild regional connectivity throughout the UK.

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