Aer Lingus has been forced to cancel flights across Saturday and Sunday this weekend, after a week of further cuts for a number of reasons.
The latest rules brought in for London Heathrow have seen a cap of 100,000 on the number of passengers passing through each day. Therefore any flights that exceed the limit, are being scrapped to control delays for passengers.
Other reasons for this weekend’s cancellations include industrial action at Bordeaux and Lyon airports in France and Pisa airport in Italy as well as staff being affected by Covid-19.
In a statement, Aer Lingus said: "Elevated levels of sickness amongst our employees associated with the latest Covid wave" also contributed to yesterday's cancellations."
Therefore on Saturday, return flights EI550 and EI551 between Dublin Airport and Lyon and Bordeaux’s EI506 and EI507 have been cancelled, as well as one flight from London Heathrow to Cork, EI711.
On Sunday, return flights EI428 and EI429 between Dublin and Pisa are cancelled while the EI165 flight from London Heathrow to Dublin is also scrapped.
The airline continues to apologise to customers affected by the cancellations and says its teams are working to re-accommodate them "as efficiently and quickly as possible".
According to their website: “If your flight is cancelled, we will offer you the following assistance:
I. A choice between:
(a) reimbursement within seven days (in cash, by electronic bank transfer, bank orders or bank cheques) of the full cost of your ticket, at the price at which it was bought, for the part or parts of the journey not made, and for the part or parts already made if the flight is no longer serving any purpose in relation to your original travel plan, together with, when relevant, a return flight to the first point of departure, at the earliest opportunity; or
(b) re-routing, under comparable transport conditions, to your final destination, at the earliest opportunity; or
(c) re-routing, under comparable transport conditions, to your final destination at a later date at your convenience, subject to availability of seats.
II. In addition, we will offer you, free of charge:
(a) meals and refreshments in a reasonable relation to the waiting time; and
(b) two telephone calls, telex or fax messages, or e-mails.
III. In the event of re-routing in connection with your cancelled flight
If the reasonably expected time of departure of the new flight is at least the day after the departure as it was planned for the cancelled flight, we will also offer you:
(a) hotel accommodation in cases:
where a stay of one or more nights becomes necessary; or
where a stay additional to that intended by you becomes necessary; and
(b) transport between the airport and place of accommodation (hotel or other).
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