WestJet reaches deal to end strike, but passengers in London still stranded
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WestJet has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike, but the counter at the London International Airport (LIA) remains dark.
WestJet has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike, but the counter at the London International Airport (LIA) remains dark.
That means passengers headed on the twice-daily flights to and from Calgary are not yet able to fly.
“I was supposed to go home today, and there are some rumors that we might be able to go home on Wednesday,” says Ishan Manerikar, who is in London for the Canadian Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association’s (CEWHA) Tournament of Champions.
The goaltender for the Calgary Selects is stuck 3,000 kilometres from home.
“We’ve come to this amazing event that gets athletes from all over Canada and we have the stresses of the game, which we love, but not being able to go back home is certainly not what we signed up for.”
Some 680 workers, whose daily inspections and repairs are essential to airline operations, had walked off the job on Friday evening despite a directive for binding arbitration from the labour minister.
Since Thursday, WestJet had cancelled 829 flights scheduled between then and Monday — the busiest travel weekend of the season — the carrier said.
