Aer Lingus has cancelled another 76 flights as it continues to deal with a pay dispute between the airline and IALPA (Irish Airline Pilots Association).
They issued the following statement on 03JUL.
“In order to continue to protect as many services as possible from the continuing and highly disruptive impact of IALPA’s continuing industrial action, Aer Lingus has had to take the step of cancelling 76 additional flights over the course of Monday 8th July to Wednesday 10th July (inclusive). Implementing these cancellations is to enable us to protect as many services as possible for as many of our customers as possible. These cancellations will be implemented today, and details will be communicated to impacted customers. Details of the services impacted are set out on the ‘Travel Advisory’ page of aerlingus.com.
Customers impacted by these latest cancellations between 8th July and 10th July 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.”
There is a meeting set for the afternoon of 03JUL between representatives of Aer Lingus and IALPA at the Labour Court. Aer Lingus pilots had staged an eight hour strike on Saturday 29JUN, with hundreds of pilots walking through Dublin Airport. Some signs read “No pilots, no profits”. There is hope to resolve the ongoing pay dispute, which has seen IALPA members begin an indefinite work-to-rule action, resulting in them withdrawing from out-of-hours services.
