Cancellations include a number of trips to European locations, like London, Amsterdam and Lyon.
Aer Lingus has called off six flights at Dublin Airport today - partly because several staff have Covid.
It includes a number of trips to European locations, like London, Amsterdam and Lyon.
Over 100,000 people will still depart Dublin Airport this weekend, with delays expected due to the DAA's own staffing problems.
Around 4 thousand people will be affected by Aer Lingus flight cancellations this weekend.
It’s a mixed bag at Dublin Airport today, with queues moving relatively smoothly.
Wait times at security in both terminals are between twenty and twenty-five minutes.
That’s around the average time at any given hour this morning, aside from when a rush of passengers between three and four in the morning led to queues spilling out the door of Terminal 1.
Aer Lingus passengers continue to be haunted by cancellations after flights to Gatwick, Lyon and Amsterdam were pulled.
The airline says the cancellations are caused by a Covid spike among their staff, as well as strikes in France.
Meanwhile, Swissport, one of the baggage handlers at the airport, has apologised for its part in the delays and complications.
Founder of Aer Lingus Regional, Padraig Ó Ceidigh, says the issues won't be fixed this summer:
"The shortage of staff is caused by two reasons; one is caused by airports overcompensating and letting go of too many staff and secondly, now that's compounded by the fact that the number of staff reporting to work that they've got covid and cannot work for a number of days.
The replacement of staff is going to take, in my view, the next three to four to five months to actually replace an adequate number of staff."
