Thousands of passengers affected as Aer Lingus cancels 16 flights

Aer Lingus has cancelled two more flights today due to a spike in Covid-19 cases among staff, and industrial action in France.

More Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled this weekend over staff absences due to Covid-19 - bringing the total number of affected flights to 16.

As many as 4,000 people are expected to be affected by cancellations this weekend over the ongoing spike of Covid cases among the airline’s staff.