Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal ending strike – National
Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants say the strike has ended after the two parties reached a new tentative agreement.
The airline said in a statement on Tuesday that it would gradually resume service after reaching a mediated settlement.
“Mediation discussions were begun on the basis that the union commit to have the airline’s 10,000 flight attendants immediately return to work, allowing the airline to resume the operations of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, which have been grounded since Aug. 16,” the airline wrote in a news release.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees’ (CUPE) Air Canada Component said in a bargaining update that it would have a tentative agreement to bring forward to members for a vote.
“We are required to advise our membership that we must fully cooperate with resumption of operations,” the union said in their update.
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According to the airline, the first flights set to resume are scheduled for Tuesday evening, but it says the airline’s return to full, regular service may require seven to 10 days as aircraft and crew are “out of position.”
As a result, some flights will still be cancelled over this period until the “schedule is stabilized.”
Travellers with confirmed bookings whose flights are shown as operating are the only ones the airline says should head to the airport.
More to come.
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