Further travel disruption on the cards as more flights are cancelled

Aer Lingus reiterated its apology to passengers and its message that the airline was working to re-accommodate impacted passengers on the next available services 'as efficiently as possible'. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Passengers due to fly with Aer Lingus faced further travel chaos heading into this weekend as yet more flights were cancelled due to the ongoing spike of Covid cases among the airline’s staff.

Aer Lingus cancelled 19 flights on Friday, with a further set of flights to and from Lyon, London Gatwick and Amsterdam cancelled for Saturday. It follows a string of cancellations that first began last weekend, affecting thousands of holidaymakers.