AROUND 15,000 customers have been left with travel plans up in the air as Aer Lingus cancels another bout of flights. Affecting anyone who has booked with the airline next Saturday , further chaos has ensued due to an eight hour strike by pilots. The airline has now cancelled a further 120 flights due to the industrial action by the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa).
A work-to-rule strike is set to commence on Wednesday. Pilots have now declared a full-scale day of strike action from 5am to 1pm on Saturday on top of the open-ended work-to-rule. 15,000 customers on short-haul flights will be impacted while Aer Lingus is re-timing their long-haul flights on June 28 and 29.
This will now see customers being automatically rebooked onto different flights and they will be contacted by the airline about their options. A spokesperson said: "Aer Lingus is automatically rebooking some customers onto alternative flights and has begun emailing all other customers informing them of the cancellations and advising them of their options: to change their flight for free, to request a refund or to request a voucher. “The detail of the cancelled flights on June 29 is available on the ‘Travel Advisory’ on the Aer Lingus website at aerlingus.
com. "Aer Lingus Regional flights, operated by Emerald Airlines, are unaffected by IALPA’s industrial action and will operate as scheduled. Aer Lingus Regional flight numbers are in the range EI3000 – EI3999.
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