Airline Ryanair will operate four new routes from belfastairport next summer.
, citing the operating costs of airports, and the government's "refusal to suspend or reduce" Air Passenger Duty.Airports and airlines have lobbied for it to abolished on short haul flights from Northern Ireland.The airline is calling for Air Passenger Duty to be scrapped in Northern Ireland
Ryanair's director of digital and marketing, Dara Brady, said a 50% cut on domestic flights from next April is not enough. He said: "To encourage additional investment from all airlines from next summer onward, the UK Government must immediately scrap ADP taxes for all flights, which currently put the UK at risk of losing air traffic to competing European countries.More on this story
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