“Aer Lingus has today taken the step of cancelling flights on the first 5 days of the industrial action (Wednesday 26th to Sunday 30th June). The insidious and indefinite form of IALPA’s industrial action is designed to severely disrupt passengers in the peak of the summer season. Without these cancellations, the impact would be a lot worse for customers. 24 flights a day have been cancelled in the first 5 days on the industrial action - a total of 124 flights over those 5 days. This will impact approximately 4,000 customers per day and 20,000 customers over the course of the 5 days. The level of cancellations is currently at the lower end of the 10% - 20% range. However, given the form of the industrial action there may be additional cancellations which happen close to the time of travel.

Aer Lingus has automatically rebooked some customers onto alternative flights and has begun emailing all other customers informing them of the cancellation and advising them of their options: to change their flight for free, to request a refund or to request a voucher. The list of cancelled flights is now 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 commencing on 26th June, and will operate as scheduled. Aer Lingus Regional flight numbers are in the range EI3000 – EI3999.”

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