Air Canada says almost all flights are back on schedule after strikes
Global News
Air Canada reports nearly all of its routes are back up and running following strike action by unionized flight attendants, which ended Tuesday.
Air Canada expects most of its domestic and international routes to be back up and running Thursday after resuming operations Tuesday following the conclusion of a strike by its flight attendants.
An online dashboard tracking Air Canada’s service resumption said Thursday morning that 98 per cent of domestic flights were expected to operate over the next 24 hours, along with 99 per cent of U.S. flights.
The airline’s ramp-up of international flights has also nearly caught up, with 94 per cent of planned flights expected to operate.
Air Canada chief operations officer Mark Nasr said earlier this week that the restart process would take longer for international routes because the airline brought crews home before the strike.
That means that when the strike ended, crews weren’t in position overseas to staff return flights back to Canada.
It is expected to take up to 10 days for service to return to normal levels across Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge.
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