Aer Lingus and the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association are set to hold talks ahead of industrial action planned for later this week.
In a letter received on Sunday the airline invited pilots to the talks which they have accepted.
The Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (IALPA) is to begin an indefinite work to rule from Wednesday in their pay dispute with the carrier.
They are also holding an eight-hour strike next Saturday from 5am to 1pm.
Some 244 Aer Lingus flights have been cancelled as a result, affecting up to 35,000 passengers.
The dispute also resulted in two planes – an A321XLR – not being allocated to Aer Lingus, according to Aer Lingus Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Donal Moriarty.
IALPA President Captain Mark Tighe earlier told Newstalk Breakfast the airline has asked to meet them.
"Everything is a possibility but at this stage we're not considering an all-out strike," he said.
"The company have finally written to us and asked us for a meeting - however they have attached pre-conditions to that invitation of what we can and only can talk [about] at the meeting.
"We're discussing their pre-conditions at the moment but we see this as a positive light".
'Positive development' from Aer Lingus
Capt Tighe said while pre-conditions are "not a reasonable position", things are moving in the right direction.
"We do see it as positive that having not communicated with us at all about having another meeting they now are," he said.
"We are discussing the aspect of the conditions with them so I see this as a positive development but I couldn't begin to say where it's going to go".
A splitscreen showing Aer Lingus planes and a departures board filled with cancelled flights.Asked if he had a message to affected passengers, Capt Tighe put the blame on management.
"We've said over and over again our passengers are extremely important to us," he said.
"Management have put us in this position where we've had to exercise the same rights that everybody else has.
"The executive management team has had a 66% pay increase between 2019 and 2023.
"We're not looking for a pay increase, we're looking to protect our pay from the level of where it was and I would ask people to consider that".
Capt Tighe said the 24% pay hike they are seeking is a "cumulative inflationary increase".
IALPA added that it is waiting to hear back from Aer Lingus regarding a time and a place for the talks.
