Aer Lingus, the Irish airline carrier has announced plans to cut over 650 jobs as part of its large scale restructuring plans. The cuts are in an attempt to save the airline about £88 million pounds as they struggle with low passenger numbers.

The airline reported losses of £60 million in 2009 and a rise in passenger numbers seems to be a long way off. After discussing job losses with staff and unions, the cabin crew face about 230 compulsory redundancies and the rest of the job cuts will be voluntary.

It comes at a time when British Airways are still facing strike action and Lufthansa are still in talks with pilots to agree a new deal.