The shortest distance between any two points on the globe is called a "great circle" that curves toward the North Pole in the Northern Hemisphere. This is called a semi-polar route. Flying due east across Ireland would be a much farther distance than the NE path across Scotland and descending SW along the east coast of Canada. You can see this on a globe.
They would fly over Ireland.
Yes, but they also fly over Scotland, but that's very rare though. It did happen on Dec 21, 1988 though!
Try the internet.
One can compare New York City flights to London Heathrow via a number of travel related websites. This can be done through 'Fare Compare', 'Expedia', 'Cheap Flights' and 'Skyscanner'.
There are no direct flights between Ireland and Alaska. You would probably fly from Alaska to one of the cities on the east coast of the USA that has flights to Ireland, like New York or Boston, and from there fly to Ireland. The total time would depend on what airports you chose and the gap between connecting flights.
There are many websites that offer cheap flights from London to New York. Some of these websites that offer cheap flights are Orbitz, Kayak and Trip Advisor.
London, Bath, York. In Scotland it is Edinburgh.
Flights from CVG Airport are mainly to local areas such as Tampa, Denver, New York City, Hartford and Boston. They also have international flights to Paris in France, Mexico City in Mexico and London in England.
London Paris New York - 2012 is rated/received certificates of: Canada:PG (Ontario) Ireland:12A Singapore:PG USA:PG-13
There are about 9.000 to 10.000 people travelling from London to New York daily. 37 Flights with approx 250 seats each = 9.250 passengers daily one way.
Return economy flights from New York to London can be bought for between $350-$550, depending on season and early booking.
Only if they landed in Ireland. Flying over a country cannot be considered visiting it.
Direct flights from London, England to: New York City, New York - would take about 7 hours Sydney, Australia - would take about 22 hours Los Angeles, California - would take about 12 hours Barcelona, Spain - would take about 2 hours.