Passengers hit in pocket as Aer Rianta workers walk out for hour

AROUND a dozen flights in and out of Cork Airport were affected by yesterday afternoon’s hour-long meeting of Aer Rianta staff.

The afternoon Flybe services from and to Birmingham were cancelled, leaving dozens of passengers having to pay for alternative flights.

John Alderman, Terri Wood and Cathy Ke from UCC’s National Microelectronics Research Centre were due to fly to Birmingham at 2.10pm to attend a conference beginning tomorrow. Mr Alderman said: “It was disappointing that we only found out about the cancellation when we arrived here. We’ve managed to book seats with Aer Lingus via Dublin, but we’ll be three hours late and it has cost us €60 each.”