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- Associated Press Finance
Aer Lingus pilots vote to accept a pay raise. It ends a dispute that canceled hundreds of flights
Pilots at Ireland’s national airline, Aer Lingus, have voted to accept a pay increase and end a labor dispute that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights, the two sides said Tuesday. Members of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association backed the 17.75% raise recommended by Ireland’s Labour Court, which intervened in the standoff between the pilots and airline management. About 600 flights were canceled.
- PA Media: Money
Aer Lingus pilots vote to accept pay deal
The backing for a 17.75% rise will bring an end to a bitter industrial dispute that resulted in hundreds of flights being cancelled.
- Reuters
IAG's Vueling sees record capacity on off-peak travel, flexible working
IAG's Spanish low-cost airline Vueling is benefiting from off-peak season travel, helping it to break its own record last year of having airplanes full at 91% of their capacity as remote working changes travel habits. The airline's chief commercial, customer and strategy and network officer, Carolyn Prowse, said in an interview this month that the rise of flexible working has blurred the difference between business and leisure travel, with some people starting a long weekend trip as early as a Wednesday. Vueling said its load factor, which measures the percentage of available seats filled, increased over the winter, reaching numbers above 90%, and particularly improving on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
