Air Canada To Resume Flights After Directive Ending Strike

Air Canada said it would resume flights Sunday aft a government directive to extremity a formation attendants' strike.

The Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) "has directed Air Canada to resume hose operations and for each Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge formation attendants to resume their duties" by 2 p.m. ET, nan hose said successful a statement.

The directive came aft Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu moved to enforce binding arbitration Saturday, extending nan existing statement until a caller statement is reached.

More than 10,000 formation attendants walked disconnected nan occupation complete salary and scheduling disputes aft months of negotiations complete a caller contract.

The onslaught upended recreation plans worldwide astatine nan tallness of nan summertime season, pinch astir 700 regular flights suspended and immoderate 100,000 travelers forced to scramble for alternatives aliases enactment put.

"Restart of operations will statesman immediately, pinch first flights this evening, but Air Canada expects it will return respective days earlier its operations return to normal," nan hose said successful its connection early Sunday. "During this process, immoderate flights will beryllium canceled complete nan adjacent 7 to 10 days until nan schedule is stabilized. Air Canada profoundly regrets nan inconvenience for its customers."