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Air Canada Plans Flight Cancelations as Pilots’ Strike Nears
- Operational shutdown may start as early as Sept. 15: airline
- Air Canada offered pilots a 30% pay boost over three years
Air Canada said it has offered arbitration to the union and that it “would look to the government to intervene as it has in recent labor disputes.”
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Air Canada says it’s making plans to suspend flights beginning on Sept. 15 if a new contract is not reached with the union representing more than 5,000 pilots.
Canada’s largest airline said Monday the parties remain far apart after more than a year of talks, and a work stoppage is “increasingly likely.”