AER Lingus has cancelled DOZENS of more flights next week as the ongoing pay dispute continues to cause travel havoc for customers. The industrial dispute continues as pilots consider a Labour Court recommendation following Aer Lingus' decision to accept it. The airline has now confirmed the cancellation of 25 flights on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 July.
More cancellations are expected be announced on Thursday. In a statement, the Aer Lingus said: “Customers impacted by these latest cancellations will be given the option to change their flights for free. They will also be able to claim a refund or voucher.
“These options will be communicated directly to impacted customers as well as travel agents, while the Aer Lingus ‘Travel Advisory’ page will also have up to the minute information on all the options. “Aer Lingus fully understands the anxiety being experienced by customers given the uncertainty caused by Ialpa’s industrial action and is giving impacted customers as many options as possible.” Passengers could have to endure a wait of another week to find out the results of the Aer Lingus pilot vote after over 500 flights were cancelled.
More than 80,000 passengers have already been impacted by cancellations that have hit the strike-embattled airline . Aer Lingus accepted a Labour Court recommendation to increase pilots’ pay by 17.75 per cent.
But the recommendation is currently being considered by the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association - who have contacted the .
