81 cabin crew to be offered enhanced redundancy terms.
Aer Lingus is permanently closing its cabin crew base at Shannon airport.
The airline is also temporarily closing its Cork base from September until late November.
Dáil now being told of Aer Lingus's proposals to permanently close its Shannon cabin crew base, with loss of 126 jobs
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 18, 2021
"One thing that Fianna Fáil built was Shannon Airport," says local TD Michael McNamara; "you're going to take it down around you, Taoiseach"
The 81 cabin crew at Shannon will be offered enhanced redundancy terms or a transfer to Dublin with 45 ground staff to remain laid off.
The 198 staff in Cork will be laid off for 3 months.
Aer Lingus says there will be a requirement for redundancies and structural change after it lost 103 million euro in the first 3 months of this year and 361 million euro last year.