Hundreds of flights based on the beginning of industrial action

Air Canada has stopped all its flights as the strike from cabin employees begins – a move that the airline said it would violate travel plans for about 130,000 passengers a day.

The Union, representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, confirmed the 72-hour industrial activity early on Saturday morning.

The airline said it had terminated all flights, including those under its budget Air Canada Rouge, and advised that the affected customers would not travel to the airport unless they were flying with another airline.

Air Canada officials call for higher salaries and be paid for work when planes are on the ground.

The strike came into force at 00:58 et (04:58 GMT) on Saturday, although Air Canada began to scale its operations before. The airline says about 500 flights will be affected per day.

Flight staff will picket at large Canadian airports, where passengers are already trying to provide new reservations earlier during the week.

Air Canada, which flies directly to 180 cities around the world, said it “stopped all operations” and “strongly advises affected customers not to go to the airport.”

He added that Air Canada Jazz, Pal Airlines and Air Canada Express flights are not affected by the strike.

“Air Canada deeply regrets the effect that the strike has on customers,” the message said.

By Friday night, the airline said it had canceled 623 flights affecting over 100,000 passengers as part of the removal of operations before the strike.

In contract negotiations, the airline said it had offered flight attendants with a 38% increase in total benefit for four years, with a 25% increase in the first year.

Cup said the offer was “under inflation, below market value, below the minimum wage” and will still leave the flight attendants unpaid for a few hours of work, including uploading and waiting for airports before flights.

The Union and the airline publicly traded Barbie for the desire of one another to reach an agreement.

Earlier this month, 99.7% of the employees represented by the Union voted for strike.

Canadian job minister Patty Haidu called Air Canada this week and the Union to return to the negotiation table to avoid strike.

She also said in a statement that Air Canada had asked her to direct the dispute to binding arbitration.

Cupe claims to have negotiated in good faith for more than eight months, but this Air Canada has instead sought an arbitration aimed at the government.

“When we stood strong together, Air Canada did not come to the table in good faith,” the union said in a statement to its members. “Instead, they called on the Federal Government to enter and take these rights.”