Aer Lingus to battle it out in low fares market
Ireland’s state airline Aer Lingus is about to enter the no-frills fray.
The company is planning to take on Ryanair and EasyJet and become a low-fares carrier, online news service Ananova reports.
From April next year, it will scrap business class seats on its European flights and may also quit the Oneworld Alliance, the group of top-flight operators like British Airways and American Airlines, whose members work together to coordinate schedules and ticketing.
The development is spelled out by Aer Lingus in a three-year business plan which also proposes cutting 1,300 jobs so that the airline can fight its budget rivals on more equal terms, Ananova says.
The plan also includes ending cargo services on all but transatlantic and German routes from January next year.
The Irish airline ran into major financial problems after the slump in business caused by 9/11, and its future is currently being scrutinised by the Irish government.
Report by News from Abroad
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