Major airline to cancel hundreds of flights including UK routes

It comes as a further result of the ongoing cost of fuel crisis.

Aer Lingus is reportedly axing over 500 flights, including some that are due to go to the UK, with Birmingham, Edinburgh, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle flights set to be affected.

Several flights departing Dublin to European cities are believed to be getting cut, while the cancellation of flights departing Cork and Shannon are also in the mix.

According to The Sunday Independent routes such as Dublin to Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Faro and Zurich are also among those being axed.

Such resports came after the publication allegedly saw internal documents from the airline.

Reportedly, some North American services, such as Minneapolos-St Paul, San Francisco, Seattle and Toronto also set for disruption.

‘Mandatory maintenance’ has been cited as the reason for the cancellations.

In a statement to Extra.ie, Aer Lingus said they have ‘commenced operating its planned summer schedule'.

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

"Where schedule adjustments are being made, the vast majority of customers are being reaccommodated on same day services," they continued.