Aer Lingus to contact passengers as flights cancelled due to industrial action

Aer Lingus passengers who are impacted by pilots’ industrial action next week are to be contacted by the airline from Friday.

Pilots at the airline are to begin an indefinite work-to-rule from next Wednesday after balloting for industrial action, which means they will not engage in overtime or out-of-hours duties.

The move has been branded as “insidious” by Aer Lingus, which is cancelling up to 20 per cent of flights over a five-day period.

Donal Moriarty, chief corporate affairs officer with Aer Lingus, said they were taking the move to prevent further cancellations.

He said that this form of industrial action “gets worse day by day” and that there was a risk that further cancellations would be needed.

“What will happen over the next couple of days is that impacted passengers will be contacted and advised of cancellations if it affects them and then given their options in terms of refund, re-accommodation or voucher,” he told RTÉ Radio.

He said that people…

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