(Image: bbcquestiontime/Twitter)The topic was brought up on Question Time on Thursday evening when an audience member asked: 'Will reducing passenger duty only lead to more domestic flights and worsen the climate crisis?' The government is under mounting pressure to explain the deal it struck with Flybe, as rivals have demanded answers and threatened court action. Are you going to be reducing passenger duty in order to help them out?" (Image: SWNS)However, she added: "I can't go into the detail of what may or may not have been agreed with Flybe." "They can’t even fund any steps towards it so why are we letting plane companies just [get bailed out]," she added.

Source: Daily Mirror January 17, 2020 01:07 UTC