Air Canada Strike Ends, but Flight Cancellations Continue. Here’s What Travelers Should Know.

The airline and its 10,000 flight attendants reached a tentative agreement, but cancellations will continue. Here’s what to know if your flight is affected.

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Why Were Air Canada Flight Attendants Striking? Boarding Pay Was a Central Issue

The strike, which ended on Tuesday, focused attention on why many airlines don’t start paying flight attendants until the plane doors are shut.

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Air Canada and Striking Flight Attendants’ Union Reach Tentative Deal

Thousands of flight attendants must still approve the agreement. The walkout, which began Saturday, has disrupted half a million travelers’ plans, the airline said.

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Air Canada Flight Attendants Say They Will Defy Back-to-Work Order

The decision by the union representing the 10,000 workers means that travel chaos will most likely continue for at least a second day.

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Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights

A walkout by flight attendants ended after about 12 hours with the imposition of binding arbitration. But getting travel back to normal will take days.

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Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Reject Call for Arbitration

Their union says one of its core demands, to receive pay for groundwork, is unlikely to be introduced in arbitration. The airline began canceling flights ahead of the potential strike.

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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

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2 Crew Members Are Hurt as Southwest Plane Plunges Abruptly After Takeoff

The sudden maneuver was made during a Friday flight out of California after two collision safety alerts sounded in the cockpit, causing the pilots to take evasive action, the airline said.

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Southwest Passenger Says She Was Ejected From Flight Based on Her Race

On a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., last November, the passenger said she was the only Black person seated in an exit row when she was asked to leave.

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American Airlines Flight Attendant Who Filmed Minors in Lavatory Is Sentenced to 18.5 Years

The former flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, N.C., secretly filmed girls using the restroom on American Airlines flights in 2023, prosecutors said.

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