Pensions ballot for Aer Lingus workers

Aer Lingus employees are expected to be balloted at the end of next month on the latest recommendations aimed at solving the aviation pensions dispute.

While officials from Impact and Siptu did not comment, Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Müller last week said that the airline hopes to have the issue solved by the end of the year, with an EGM for shareholders to vote on the matter likely to be held around November.

However, before that, employees will be balloted and while the timing is a question for the unions, the airline itself expects this vote to take place around the end of September or early October.