Aer Lingus cancelled at least a dozen flights to and from Dublin Airport on Wednesday.
The following flights departing from Dublin Airport are cancelled today: EI650 to Frankfurt FRA, EI552 to Lyon, EI684 to Geneva, EI356 to Munich, EI610 to Amsterdam and EI3250 to Edinburgh.
The following flights scheduled to arrive in Dublin are cancelled: EI3251 from Edinburgh, EI651 from Frankfurt FRA, EI553 from Lyon, EI685 from Geneva, EI357 from Munich and EI611 from Amsterdam.
Read more: Aer Lingus apologises after cancelled flights causes major disruption to and from Dublin Airport
A Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt FRA and a Westjet flight to Toronto are also cancelled today.
Last Sunday also saw multiple Aer Lingus flights to and from Dublin cancelled with many passengers' travel plans disrupted. The airline said Sunday's cancellations were due to Air Traffic Control strikes and a spike in Covid cases among their staff.
A spokeswoman for Aer Lingus told Dublin Live that the cancellations is due to Covid-19 cases among staff and apologised to impacted customers.
She said: Due to a spike in Covid cases Aer Lingus has been forced to cancel 6 return flights from Dublin today, Wednesday 29 June. Our teams are working to secure alternative travel options for customers in each case and wish to apologise to those impacted for the inconvenience.
"Just over 1% of Aer Lingus flights have been impacted by cancellations this month. Should crew illness require the cancellation of additional flights in the coming days, we will seek to re-accommodate passengers on the next available services as efficiently as possible.
"Aer Lingus anticipated the return of demand for travel once Covid restrictions were removed and built appropriate buffers into our plans in order to deal with a reasonable level of additional disruption. System pressures and ongoing issues at some airports and among third party suppliers have created considerable operational challenges which have been compounded by a significant spike in Covid cases in recent days.
"We have shared detail regarding customers’ rights the airlines’ obligations under Regulation (EC) 261/2004 which can be found here: www.aerlingus.com/support/legal/regulation."
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