Around 10,000 members of cabin crew walked out on Saturday (16 August) but have agreed to return to work after mediated talks between their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and Air Canada got under way.
However, Air Canada has warned it could take between a week and 10 days to restore full, regular service across its mainline operation and its budget subsidiary Air Canada Rouge owing to aircraft and crew displacement. Flights are expected to resume on Tuesday evening.
Air Canada said that after the strike continued "unlawfully" on Monday (18 August), it estimates around 500,000 customers will have been disrupted by the industrial action.
