No wonder the Aer Lingus, Belfast-Heathrow flights are full, easyJet and BA flights are not currently operating between Belfast and London, and you also have the loss of FlyBE exacerbating the situation.
It was inevitable this would happen, and I don’t quite understand the shock or press coverage.
There are 1.8 million people in Northern Ireland and those who need to travel to/from London are fighting to get one of around 450 seats on the route per day is each direction, when usually there would probably be 8-10 times more seats available! Looking on their website, they are currently already sold out on numerous days.
Even if the middle seats are left free that only separates you by around 60-75cm from the other person, and why are Aer Lingus going to want to leave the middle seat free to economy passengers when people in business class paying 2-3 time more get this as the about the only perk.
If you want to fly at the moment, you need to face up to the fact social distancing onboard an aircraft is impossible!