Aer Lingus passengers have faced further disruption on Sunday as six flights to and from Dublin Airport were cancelled.
Return Prague and Frankfurt flights were cancelled due to Covid-19, while a return flight to Philadelphia was cancelled due to a technical issue. The airline apologised to passengers and said they are working to re-accommodate those affected.
Aer Lingus have been forced to cancel dozens of flights in recent weeks, blaming Covid-19, operational challenges and technical issues.
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Commenting on today's cancellations, an Aer Lingus spokesperson told Dublin Live: "Due to a spike in Covid cases, Aer Lingus has been forced to cancel two return flights today, Sunday 10 July. Additionally due to a technical issue one return flight has been cancelled today, Sunday 10 July.
"Just over 1% of Aer Lingus flights have been impacted by cancellations in June and July. Aer Lingus wishes to apologise to those impacted and teams at the airline are working to re-accommodate impacted passengers on the next available services as efficiently as possible. Impacted passengers will be contacted directly by Aer Lingus.
"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 and the airlines’ obligations under Regulation (EC) 261/2004 which can be found here: www.aerlingus.com/support/legal/regulation."
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