Air Transat says these flights are cancelled as pilots’ strike looms
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Air Transat announced the flight cancellations late Monday night as a strike, led by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), could hit the airline as soon as Wednesday.
Passengers flying Air Transat on Tuesday will have to deal with flight cancellations as the clock ticks down to an impending pilot strike, the airline said.
Air Transat announced the flight cancellations late Monday night as a strike, led by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), could hit the airline as soon as Wednesday.
On Sunday, the union gave a 72-hour strike notice to the airline.
“This compels us to implement an action plan that includes operating repatriation flights and add capacity on certain flights to bring as many travelers as possible back to Canada, as well as the gradual and orderly shutdown of our operations. As a result, we regret to have to cancel certain flights,” Air Transat said in a statement late Monday night.
The cancelled flights are all international.
They affect two Canadian airports – Toronto Pearson airport (YYZ) and Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport (YUL) – and two international airports – Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic and Cancún International Airport (CUN) in Mexico.
The following flights are cancelled on Tuesday, the airline said:
The airline has also launched a “special program” to bring back passengers who might be stranded because of a possible strike later this week.
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Air Transat announced the flight cancellations late Monday night as a strike, led by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), could hit the airline as soon as Wednesday.