Aer Lingus is to cut up to 900 jobs.
It comes after Ryanair earlier announced plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs due to the impact of COVID-19.
Aer Lingus met with unions this morning to tell them it needs to reduce its head count by up to 20% due to the collapse in demand for air travel.
The airline is now putting together a voluntary redundancy scheme, which will then be put to unions.
In a brief statement, Aer Lingus says its continuing to communicate directly with its employees and engage with their representative bodies.
The Aer Lingus news comes only days after its parent company IAG warned that it will take "several years" to get passenger numbers back to 2019 levels.
The firm has also announced plans to consult with British Airways over redundancy plans, which could affect up to 12,000 jobs.
