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Aer Lingus flight cancellations as 'hundreds of flights axed' with UK airports hit

Irish airline Aer Lingus is set to cancel more than 500 flights over the coming weeks due to mandatory maintenance, with major UK airports including London Heathrow and Manchester impacted

[London, UK - 9th Aug 2025: Aer Lingus A320-251N jet making its final approach and landing at a London airport under blue sky conditions.]

UK airports are expected to be hit by flight cancellations (stock)(Image: Craig Hastings via Getty Images)

A leading airline favoured by British holidaymakers is reportedly set to cancel over hundreds of flights in the upcoming weeks, impacting several major UK airports.

Aer Lingus is slashing hundreds of flights to allow for "mandatory maintenance" on aircraft, as reported by the Irish Independent.

This means that tens of thousands of travellers could face disruption in the coming weeks. Internal documents from Aer Lingus, viewed by the newspaper, allegedly reveal that the airline plans to cut scheduled transatlantic flights on various days in the upcoming weeks.

The documents suggest services to and from cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis-St Paul and Toronto will be affected.

[Aer Lingus aircraft featuring Irish Rugby Team livery. Airplane landing against a clear, bright sky. Aer Lingus aircraft on approach to airport.]

Aer Lingus confirmed their will be cancelations but did not reveal how many (stock) (Image: Getty)

Flights to London Heathrow, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham and Edinburgh are also due to be cancelled, according to the documents, with passengers being rebooked onto alternative services.

Flights from Dublin to several key European airports, including Berlin, Zurich, Athens, Faro and Amsterdam, could also be removed from the schedule at different times over the next few weeks, reports the Express.

Shannon and Cork will also experience a handful of cancellations.

The alterations will impact flights to 30 destinations on specific routes from this week until mid-October, although the routes themselves are not being discontinued.

In a statement to The Journal, an Aer Lingus spokesperson explained that the changes are occurring as the airline begins operating its planned summer timetable,

While the spokesperson declined to detail exactly how many flights would be axed, they confirmed that timetable alterations "apply to approximately 2%" of Aer Lingus' total schedule.

"A number of recent cancellations have been required due to mandatory maintenance on aircraft, along with a limited number of schedule adjustments," the spokesperson said.

This follows the International Energy Agency's warning that the continent might have "around six weeks of jet fuel remaining" as concerns over aviation fuel shortages escalate.

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol outlined a stark assessment of the worldwide consequences of what he termed "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced," resulting from the restriction of oil, gas and other essential supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.

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