It is expected to take several days for the industrial disputes body to finalize its recommendations.

Aer Lingus has announced an additional 76 flight cancellations between next Monday and Wednesday as the pay dispute with the pilots continues.

The airline has been cancelling flights in batches during the pilots’ indefinite work-to-rule, which began last Wednesday, to manage the impact of the “highly disruptive” industrial action.

Donal Moriarty, the chief corporate affairs officer at Aer Lingus, expressed gratitude to the court for conducting a “comprehensive” hearing, calling it “an important step” in resolving the dispute.

“The court is now considering the submissions from both parties and will make its recommendation in due course. Aer Lingus will await that recommendation,” he said.

Moriarty declined to discuss the hearing details out of respect for the court.

“Aer Lingus is hopeful that the court’s intervention will ultimately help resolve this dispute. Today’s hearing was an important step in that direction,” he added.

Captain Mark Tighe, president of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (Ialpa), also expressed hope for a resolution and stated that they would ballot their members on the recommendations.

Ialpa members had previously rejected an interim Labour Court recommendation for a 9.25% pay increase last month.

“Corporate greed cannot be allowed to continue,” Tighe said.

He indicated there would be no escalation of industrial action while the Labour Court considers its recommendations but mentioned that if these talks fail, an escalation would be considered.

The talks at the industrial disputes body are the latest effort to bring both sides together to resolve the issue. After facilitating eight hours of discussions on Monday, the Labour Court decided to hold a formal meeting on Wednesday, after which it will issue its recommendations.