Aer Lingus flight cancellations are expected to continue until next week as the airline faces staff shortages due to Covid-19.
in all, 16 flights were canceled this weekend following several cancellations earlier in the week that affected thousands of passengers.
So far, three more return flights to/from Dublin Airport have been canceled on Monday.
Affected services include return flights to Berlin, Manchester and Rome.
Flights include EI332 to Berlin at 6:40 am, EI208 to Manchester at 12:50 pm and EI406 to Rome FCO at 3:35 pm. No flights have yet been announced for Tuesday.
Today, three return flights from Dublin Airport between Lisbon, Amsterdam and Milan have been cancelled.
These include EI482 to Lisbon at 7:10am, EI436 to Milan MXP at 5:30pm and EI610 to Amsterdam.
A number of other airlines also grounded services this weekend, including TAP Air Portugal and Eastern Airways on Saturday, and British Airways canceled a flight to Dublin Airport from London LHR at 4pm today.
Air and Travel Magazine’s Eoghan Corry said on Newstalk this morning that there may be more cancellations today.
“The emphasis has completely changed from security queues, which worked very well yesterday, no more than 35 minutes, to flight cancellations,” he said.
“There will be a few. The question is, how disruptive will it be for passengers in general?”
Meanwhile, Ryanair has confirmed that it expects minimal disruption to its flights to/from Spain due to cabin crew strikes called for by the USO and SITCPLA unions from July 12 to July 28.
The airline said less than 1 pc of its flights in the past month have been affected by recent “minor and ill-supported” cabin crew strikes, called by “unions either unrecognized by or representing a small number of Ryanair crews”.
However, a shortage of air traffic control (ATC) and airport staff across Europe, which Ryanair said are beyond Ryanair’s control, could cause minor disruption and all passengers whose flights are disrupted due to a shortage of ATC staff will be notified by email. -mail/sms are informed of their rights.
Cabin crews will go on strike on July 12-15, July 18-21 and July 25-28 at the 10 Spanish airports where Ryanair operates, the unions said in a statement.
“Ryanair’s unions and crew … are demanding a change of attitude from the airline,” they said in a statement, calling on Ryanair to summarize the negotiations on working conditions.
The unions urged the government “not to allow Ryanair to violate labor laws and constitutional rights such as the right to strike”.