Football fixtures see flight costs soar by 290%

AIRLINES have pushed up the price of flights between Ireland and England by up to 290% in the days after the Premiership football fixtures were unveiled.

An Irish Examiner investigation looked at the price of return flights from Dublin and Cork to the five main English cities for Premiership football clubs.

Before the fixtures were unveiled on June 14, prices of flights to Liverpool, Manchester, London, Newcastle and Birmingham were as low as €27.48 return for weekend trips in August and September.