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Aer Lingus said today it will cut seat capacity on its winter long-haul services by about 25 per cent compared with 2008 in a bid to cut costs. Also today, IBEC, the Irish business lobby group, today said that the Government's air travel tax should be immediately re-examined in light of the negative effect it is having on the airline and tourism industries.
Aer Lingus said today it will cut seat capacity on its winter long-haul services by about 25 per cent compared with 2008 in a bid to cut costs.
The former state airline said services from Dublin to Washington and San Francisco will be suspended from October 25th, while flights from Shannon to Chicago will be suspended from September 1st. Aer Lingus said average long fares were down 19 per cent in the first quarter due to the deterioration in economic conditions and weak consumer confidence on both sides of the Atlantic. It said the four weekly direct flights between Shannon and New York remains under close review.
US carrier Delta Airlines on Thursday said it was ending its scheduled transatlantic services from Shannon from October. However, the Continental Airlines route to Newark, outside New York, will continue.
