Aer Lingus cabin crew representatives meet on Tuesday to decide on industrial action over the airline’s plans to “outsource” the crewing of transatlantic services — with job loss for potentially dozens of Shannon-based crew.

Aer Lingus chief executive Christoph Müller has ruled out ever operating a flight between Dublin and Cork again, crushing the hopes of tech businesses hoping to capitalise on the new Dublin to San Francisco route.

PRE-TAX profits at Denis O’Brien’s Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Aergo Capital Ltd dropped by 69% to $2.6 million (€1.9m) last year.