{"id":538905,"date":"2026-06-17T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/538905\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T00:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:14:14","slug":"aer-lingus-reduces-management-numbers-by-25-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/538905\/","title":{"rendered":"Aer Lingus reduces management numbers by 25% \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aer Lingus<\/a> has culled senior management numbers by 25 per cent it emerged as pilots questioned the airline on expansion plans once politicians axe a passenger limit at Dublin Airport.<\/p>\n

Cabinet approved a Bill on Tuesday allowing Minister for Transport Darragh O\u2019Brien to drop or increase a 32 million a year limit on passengers at Dublin Airport that has sparked litigation and complaints against the State.<\/p>\n

Trade union the Irish Airline Pilots\u2019 Association (Ialpa) wrote to Aer Lingus head of strategy Reid Moody, this week, asking him to clarify plans to expand networks should the Oireachtas pass the law and allow the Minister to scrap the so-called \u201cpassenger cap\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ialpa president Capt Daniel Langan highlights likely opportunities in South America, specifically Brazil, whose Government has discussed an air travel agreement with the Republic, and in Canada, where demand for travel to Europe is growing.<\/p>\n

However, Aer Lingus is weighing possible cuts to routes and schedules later this year as it seeks to reduce costs and boost returns to meet targets set by its parent, International Airline Group and fend off challenges posed by growing uncertainty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the context of a potentially longer-term change in fuel prices and a more uncertain global environment, we are actively reviewing our cost base and our schedule beyond the summer to ensure that we operate as efficiently as possible and are positioned well for the future,\u201d said the airline.<\/p>\n

Last month, Aer Lingus told unions that it was reviewing the \u201csize and shape\u201d of its schedule after this summer and into 2027.<\/p>\n

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The airline told workers of the move after it reported a \u20ac103 million loss in the traditionally slow first three months of this year.<\/p>\n

It also emerged that the company had offered redundancy to up to 20 managers as part of its cost-cutting plan.<\/p>\n

Industry figures calculate that it has cut senior management numbers by about 25 per cent.<\/p>\n

Langan noted that Aer Lingus consistently argued that removing the Dublin cap would boost passenger numbers and enhance hub activity at the airport during the debate over the limit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAssuming the legislative process progresses as anticipated, it would be useful to understand how Aer Lingus intends to translate these opportunities into sustainable growth and market leadership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He asked how Aer Lingus intends to use its fleet to develop new long-haul markets that may have been difficult to access while the cap was in place.<\/p>\n

Aer Lingus said that it welcomed news that the Cabinet was due to consider and move ahead with the passenger cap law.<\/p>\n

\u201cUrgent progression, enactment and commencement of an appropriate legislative solution is now needed to provide the certainty that is required for the Irish economy,\u201d the airline stressed.<\/p>\n

The Oireachtas needs to pass the law before a key European Court ruling that could force the cap\u2019s implementation.<\/p>\n

High Court action by the airline, Ryanair and North American carriers prompted a referral of several questions of EU law to the bloc\u2019s courts.<\/p>\n

That led to the Irish court stalling the cap\u2019s implementation pending a ruling from Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aer Lingus has culled senior management numbers by 25 per cent it emerged as pilots questioned the airline…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[2442,79,18,19,17],"class_list":["post-538905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-aer-lingus","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116762567058753412","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}