€200m bonanza for Aer Lingus staff if IAG bid succeeds

Almost 3,500 Aer Lingus staff will share a €200 million windfall if the airline is sold to the IAG group, it has emerged.

Most of the airline’s staff now hold shares worth more than €47,000 each after the Aer Lingus share price finished a tumultuous week at €1.98 per share. The rise in value of the airline followed a revelation that British Airways and Iberia owner IAG had made a bid that was ...