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Aer Lingus has cancelled my flight. What can I do?
The Independent
|October 19, 2025
Q I am due to travel with my elderly parents from Manchester to Orlando in Florida with Aer Lingus on 1 November – in the middle of the cabin crew strike.
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My parents are disabled. Aer Lingus says we can transfer to a flight from Manchester to Dublin to Orlando. I said we needed a nonstop flight. At that point I was offered a refund to rebook elsewhere. What, if anything, can I do? A Aer Lingus runs a “standalone” transatlantic operation from Manchester, flying nonstop to New York JFK, Orlando in Florida and the island of Barbados. Cabin crew working for the Irish airline’s UK operation are walking out from 30 October to 2 November in a dispute over pay and allowances. Nine out of 10 cabin crew voted to strike, the Unite uni
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