Aer Lingus resumes talks on cutting up to 500 jobs
Aer Lingus is continuing negotiations with unions over the elimination of as many as 500 positions across administration, cabin crew and pilots. The carrier is seeking to lift its margin to a target set by parent company IAG.
Talks between Aer Lingus and unions over the removal of up to 500 jobs continue in the week beginning 28 September, covering administration staff as well as cabin crew and pilots. By the airline's own figures, around 290 of those positions could go in the administrative area alone.
For those roles, severance is five weeks' pay per year of service, capped at 104 weeks or 180,000 euros.
The savings are meant to lift Aer Lingus's margin from around eleven per cent recently to between twelve and fifteen per cent. That target was set by parent group IAG, and hitting it is also a condition for the airline to get new aircraft within the group in future.
Aer Lingus expects a profit for 2026 after a 34 million euro loss in the first half of the year, but does not expect to meet the IAG margin target by then.
Sources
- aerotelegraph.comAer Lingus verhandelt weiter über Abbau von bis zu 500 Stellen