Aer Lingus cancels another 120 flights affecting 15,000 customers as pilots call strike action

The airline has cancelled 120 flights next Saturday after the escalation of the industrial action by the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa), which will commence work-to-rule on on Wednesday.

Pilots declared a full-scale day of strike action from 5am until 1pm next Saturday in addition to the open-ended work-to-rule.

Some 15,000 customers on short-haul services will be impacted, with the airline re-timing long-haul services on June 28 and June 29 to avoid cancellation of those flights.

Customers are being automatically rebooked onto alternative flights and will be contacted by the airline with the options available to them.

“Aer Lingus is automatically rebooking some customers onto alternative flights and has begun emailing all other customers informing them of the cancellations and advising them of their options: to change their flight for free, to request a refund or to request a voucher,” a spokesperson for the airline said.

“The detail of the cancelled flights on June 29…