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AER LINGUS IS offering to help customers who have been affected by the air traffic controllers strike reschedule their flights.
“In order to help minimise the impact of this ongoing strike disruption on guests, Aer Lingus is offering guests due to travel to the affected airports this weekend the option of changing their flight free-of-charge to a later date,” it said.
Nice, Marseilles and Lyon are the affected airports. Saturday and Sunday are the affected dates.
Four flights on Saturday have already been cancelled and the risk of additional cancellations or delays is significant.
In the case of a cancelled flight, affected customers can choose to:
It’s advising all passengers to check if their flight is affected, and to get in touch if it is.
Those wishing to change flights can do so via aerlingus.com or +353 1 886 8989. Please note that due to our busy summer schedule, there is limited availability on many routes.
Between 2004 and 2016, French air traffic controllers were on strike 254 days – the highest number in Europe – while second-placed Greece only had 46 days of stoppages, Italy 37 and Germany four, according to the report seen by the daily.
Ryanair and British Airways owner IAG said last week that it would file a complaint to the EU over what it argues is France’s failure to tackle crippling strikes by air traffic controllers.
It said that repeated strikes by French controllers, particularly in Marseille, are having a devastating impact on schedules, with more than 750,000 passengers having flights cancelled in the first five months of 2018 alone.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said 2018 was on course to be the worst year ever for controller strikes, with 28 days lost already.
- with reporting from AFP
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The Go Fund Me campaign might help for the time being, but what happens when that money runs out? Will Sandra find herself struggling again?
I think some common sense is needed here, she should be trying to find good homes for the majority of these dogs and only keeping an amount she can afford. Perhaps the elderly ones who might be tougher to rehome.
I have lots of support to give for people who are kind and helpful to animals, but long term thjs situation isn’t ideal for this lady or her dogs.
She really should of looked at rehousing them as they came along. She sounds more like a hoarder
This is ridiculous. We have 3 kids because thats what we can afford. We should have had 39 children and look for go fund me handouts instead!
Scrooge. Context!
The people in the street know the answer.
‘Fund me or the dogs may die’
Karl you douchebag!!!
She rescues dogs. She should be commended for that . I for one will help her out but she should set up a dog rescue charity and fundraiser, it would be easier.
These people are dog hoarders. There is no way she is regularly worming and having yearly vaccines done for 39 dogs.
38 of them should be rehomed.
What people? She’s one person and she rescues dogs, gives all her time and money to look after them but is finding it impossible going forward…
So maybe move your a..e and help her to re-home some of these dogs.You first to criticise and judge you even know the cost of this and that so go and help miss smart!? Huh? Won’t you ?
go fund me page
she’s trying to pull the wool over our eyes
Poor little dogs..I hope she can work something out
I’m sure a dog food bank could be organised for this lady; money is not necessary – vet bills are a different story; perhaps student interns would help
This lady is gone to the dogs! If she has 39 guard dogs she will be okay.
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