Aer Lingus struggles to solve freight fiasco

FREIGHT companies have had to resort to sending staff on flights with urgent packages since the company handling Aer Lingus cargo in Heathrow folded last week.

Since SwissPort closed down last Monday, Aer Lingus cannot deal with any Heathrow-bound cargo and is struggling to come up with an interim measure to resolve the problem.

The loss of the cargo service means the cost of exporting urgent service parts has increased more than 10-fold, giving multi-nationals a taste of what will come in January when Aer Lingus drops its cargo services completely.