{"id":695195,"date":"2026-07-16T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695195\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:21:14","slug":"aer-lingus-airline-proposes-to-cut-500-jobs-under-cost-cutting-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695195\/","title":{"rendered":"Aer Lingus: Airline proposes to cut 500 jobs under cost cutting plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Any customers that will be impacted by network changes will be &#8220;contacted directly and provided with re-accommodation or refund options,&#8221; the airline said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aer Lingus said changes will begin to take effect from late September 2026, continuing into summer 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The proposed changes to routes are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Denver will be discontinued after 28\/09\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Minneapolis will be discontinued after 24\/10\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Las Vegas will be discontinued after 03\/12\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Seattle will be a summer-only operation after 24\/10\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Split will be discontinued after 29\/09\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Frankfurt will be a summer-only operation after 02\/11\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Hamburg will be a summer-only operation after 02\/11\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dublin to Malta will be a summer-only operation after 03\/11\/26<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Linked to these network changes, there will be a reduction in the use of two A330 aircraft and four A320 aircraft for peak summer 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It added the &#8220;changes are essential to support required improvement in its operating margin, which is needed to underpin future investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The more cost efficient and productive the airline is, the more it will be able to fulfil its network and growth ambition,&#8221; a spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The consultation and engagement process will focus on reducing redundancies and potential future redundancies and on what needs to be done to secure future investment in the business.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any customers that will be impacted by network changes will be &#8220;contacted directly and provided with re-accommodation or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-695195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}