Is my flight cancelled? Full list of 76 Aer Lingus flights affected by strike action next week
Aer Lingus has updated the list of flight cancellations next week as pilots continue to strike
Aer Lingus has confirmed the cancellation of 76 additional flights next week.
It comes after pilots with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA) began industrial action due to a pay dispute with Aer Lingus.
The pilots are seeking a 24% salary increase in line with inflation after having rejected a Labour Court recommendation of 9.25% last month.
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled by Aer Lingus since industrial action began, impacting tens of thousands of passengers.
Aer Lingus has since offered pilots an increase of 12.25% with the condition of improved productivity, however this has been rejected by the striking pilots, who - although willing to compromise and accept a smaller increase - want to secure the pay bump without any additional promises of extra work.
According to a statement issued by Aer Lingus today (Wednesday July 3), flights will be cancelled on Monday July 8, Tuesday July 9, and Wednesday July 10 inclusive.
According to an Aer Lingus spokesperson, this is "to protect as many services as possible for as many of our customers as possible".
The cancellations will be implemented today and affected customers will be contacted.
Impacted services include flights from Dublin Airport and Cork Airport to Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Munich, Manchester, Berlin, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Zurich, Geneva, and Lyon.
Customers impacted by these latest cancellations will be given the option to change their flights for free, and 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 has stated it "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".