Aer Lingus deal to secure Shannon base

CABIN crew at Aer Lingus have reached a deal with management that will save the airline’s Shannon base and retain Irish cabin crew on transatlantic routes.

The deal, agreed as part of €50 million in staff savings at the airline, also reduces the number of proposed job cuts among cabin crew. Nonetheless, there will still be job cuts and staff must accept new productivity measures as well as deferred pay increases.

The deal will be put to a ballot of cabin crew over the next two weeks.