A total of 16 flights to and from Dublin Airport have been cancelled by Aer Lingus this weekend.
The airline said the cancellations are due to crew illness, strikes and London Heathrow's capacity reduction. Earlier this week, Heathrow told airlines to stop selling summer tickets until mid-September and has imposed a cap of 100,000 passengers per day.
Aer Lingus Heathrow flights to Dublin are cancelled on Friday and Sunday, while flights to and from Bordeaux, Lyon and Pisa are cancelled throughout the weekend due to industrial action. Crew illness has caused Munich and Gatwick flights to be cancelled.
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The airline apologised to affected customers and said they are "working to re-accommodate those impacted as efficiently as possible."
Here is a full list of Aer Lingus' Dublin Airport cancellations this weekend:
Friday 15 July
- LONDON HEATHROW – DUBLIN EI165
- DUBLIN – GATWICK – DUBLIN EI230/EI231
- DUBLIN – MUNICH – DUBLIN EI352/EI353
- DUBLIN – LYON – DUBLIN EI552/EI553
- DUBLIN – BORDEAUX – DUBLIN EI506/EI507
Saturday 16 July
- DUBLIN – LYON – DUBLIN EI550/EI551
- DUBLIN – BORDEAUX – DUBLIN EI506/EI507
Sunday 17 July
- DUBLIN – PISA – DUBLIN EI428/EI429
- LONDON HEATHROW – DUBLIN EI165
An Aer Lingus spokeswoman said the airline "understands that this is difficult for our customers who have been impacted".
She said: "Aer Lingus anticipated the return of demand for travel once Covid restrictions were removed and built buffers into our plans to deal with a reasonable level of additional disruption. However, a significant spike in Covid cases in recent weeks, combined with system pressures and ongoing issues at some airports and among third party suppliers have created considerable additional operational challenges.
"We understand that this is difficult for our customers who have been impacted, and we apologise for the disruption. We have shared detail regarding customers’ rights and the airlines’ obligations under Regulation (EC) 261/2004 which can be found here: www.aerlingus.com/support/legal/regulation."
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