Aer Lingus cancelled flights

Staff shortages and strikes in France have led to at least 21 Aer Lingus flights being cancelled today at Dublin Airport. The cancellations are mainly due ...

Two Aer Lingus flights are cancelled due to industrial action in France. The cancellations are mainly due to Covid related staff absences (19), however two are due to industrial action in France. Staff shortages and strikes in France have led to at least 21 Aer Lingus flights being cancelled today at Dublin Airport.

Aer Lingus has announced a raft of flight cancellations from Dublin Airport and across Europe amid ongoing Covid-19 illness absences and strike action among ...

The spokesperson went on to say: "Aer Lingus anticipated the return of demand for travel once Covid restrictions were removed and built appropriate buffers into our plans in order to deal with a reasonable level of additional disruption. "Additionally, ground handling industrial action at Bordeaux Airport and Lyon Airport has required the cancellation of one return flight to Bordeaux today, Friday, July 1 and two return flights to Lyon tomorrow, Saturday, July 2." In a statement to the Irish Mirror, Aer Lingus said they have been "forced to cancel" the flights "due to a spike in Covid cases" and "ground handling industrial action" at both Bordeaux and Lyon Airports.

One passenger told The Journal that the airline has offered to reschedule them to a flight four days after their original departure date.

This is why Aer Lingus have got to come to the ballgame and get me on a flight tomorrow with any other airline and if they have to pay for it, then they will pay for it. The group are now trying to see if they can get an earlier flight back, but aren’t sure if it will be possible. They cancelled the flight overnight without telling anyone, and when I tried to get on the plane, it didn’t exist. Many people tried with a number we were given and it’s impossible. “We are waiting for a new flight. “We tried to contact Aer Lingus by phone. And I will speak to the CEO right here and now if I have to.” This is absolutely unacceptable. “I just hope they can get me on a flight. The Journal spoke to some passengers in Dublin Airport today. This is unacceptable. Absolutely. I’ll make sure they pay.”

The airline has cancelled nine return flights and one direct flight today, as well as three return flights tomorrow, due to several factors including “a ...

“On balance it was not as bad as we feared but our flight is delayed so we’re not in a hurry anyway. But we’ve dropped our bags off and now we’re told our flight is being delayed, but at least it’s a direct flight this time so we’re hopeful,” they added. “We came up from Cork with our families, we are going to Canada on work visas, and our itinerary was changed just before we left home. We were originally supposed to be flying Dublin to Toronto to Vancouver, and that was changed to Dublin, Glasgow, Reykjavik ,Vancouver. We got here at 5.30am for a 10.10am flight but we weren’t let fly because the layover was too short and there was no service agreement with Iceland Air regarding baggage, so we had to go home and re-book the whole thing and now we’re back this morning,” they said. “Aer Lingus anticipated the return of demand for travel once Covid restrictions were removed and built appropriate buffers into our plans in order to deal with a reasonable level of additional disruption,” it said. The airline has cancelled nine return flights and one direct flight today, as well as three return flights tomorrow, due to several factors including “a significant spike in Covid cases”.

One of the main baggage handling companies operating at Dublin Airport has apologised for the role it has played in an increase in the number of bags going ...

But while queues have improved, dozens of social media users have reported problems with baggage handling and missing luggage on arrival. For the month of June 93 per cent of passengers got through security screening in less than 45 minutes. It also announced that three return flights will not take off as scheduled today. We will continue to work with our partners to find solutions for this industrywide issue.” Industrial action by ground-handling staff at Bordeaux and Lyon airports further exacerbated the airline’s difficulties at the start of the peak travel months of July and August. In one instance a return flight to Bordeaux was cancelled on Friday with two return flights to Lyon similarly grounded for Saturday. It was another day of misery for more than 1,000 Aer Lingus passengers after the airline cancelled more flights to and from Ireland with further significant disruption to its schedules likely over the weekend.

This weekend brings further flight cancellations from Aer Lingus as the airline deals with “a significant spike in Covid cases”.

Aer Lingus has also cancelled two return flights to/from Dublin Airport on Sunday, EI482 to Lisbon at 7.10am and EI436 to Milan MXP at 5.30pm. Eastern Airways Ltd has also cancelled a flight due to arrive at Dublin Airport today, T39700 from Southampton. As a result, the corresponding return flights have also been cancelled along with an additional return flight to Lyon, which the airline says is due to ground handling industrial action.

Two further flights have been cancelled at Dublin Airport this morning, bringing the total number of departures and arrivals affected today to six.

On Friday, the airline cancelled 19 flights in a string of cancellations that first began last weekend, affecting thousands of holidaymakers. Today, a set of flights to and from Lyon, London Gatwick and Amsterdam have been cancelled, with the airline stating the Lyon cancellations were due to industrial action from ground handling staff in the French city. Around 4,000 people will be affected by Aer Lingus cancellations this weekend over the ongoing spike of Covid cases among the airline’s staff.

The airline had already announced the cancellation of three return services today between Dublin and London, Dublin and Amsterdam, as well as a return flight ...

4 other Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled due to ground handling industrial action in Lyon— Fergal O'Brien (@FergalOBrien_) @RTENews Aer Lingus has been forced to cancel 6 flights tomorrow due to a spike in Covid cases. A number of additional Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled this weekend due to a spike in Covid-19 cases among staff.