An Aer Lingus passenger plane.
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Aer Lingus has canceled all afternoon flights departing from Dublin airport on Saturday due to connectivity issues in its booking system that disrupted check-in and boarding, the company said. .
The Irish carrier, owned by London IAGsaid “a major problem with a network provider” meaning it couldn’t access its cloud-based systems.
“This is causing severe disruption to Aer Lingus’ services today,” the company said in a statement, adding that it was working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. .
All flights scheduled to depart from Dublin to destinations in Europe and the UK from 1300 GMT on Saturday have been cancelled, it said.
Dublin Airport earlier Flagged Aer Lingus faces IT issues, saying other airlines are not affected.
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