Aer Lingus reaffirms plan to restore Cork and Shannon, if Government meets conditions

Airline has just three flights a week to Heathrow from Cork and none from Shannon to Heathrow over winter months

Aer Lingus interim chief executive Donal Moriarty said the airline plans to complete 250 redundancies in the coming months. Picture: PA

Aer Lingus has again said it's committed to starting to restore services at Cork and Shannon airports from April, but only if the Government follows through to help ease travel across Europe and the Atlantic over the coming months, amid the continuing Covid-19 crisis for airlines.

Talking to reporters after its parent group IAG detailed total losses of over €1.9bn in the latest quarter, Aer Lingus interim chief executive Donal Moriarty said the airline plans to complete 250 redundancies in the coming months.