Leslie Buckley, a non-executive director at Aer Lingus, has bought €50,700 worth of shares in the Irish airline.
Buckley, who has been appointed as a non-exec in May, purchased 65,000 shares at a price of € 0.78 each.
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The carrier flew 1.09m people last month, up 7.7% on the same time last year, while the load factor, which measures how well planes are filled, rose 2.4% to 83%.
The airline's shares have struggled recently. Last month, the group said half-year losses grew to €81.7m from €21.3m the year before as average fares fell by 17%.
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