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Air Canada Cabine Personnel walked off the track early on Saturday, the functioning of hundreds of flights and the functioning of thousands of passengers forced to search or stay alternatives.
The strike, which started just after 1 hour Edt, forced the largest airline in Canada to suspend most of its 700 daily flights, which affects around 130,000 travelers, the airline said.
It is unclear how many American passengers are influenced. Air Canada operates around 430 flights to the United States every day, of more than 1,000 total flights, according to Travel and Tour World.
Air Canada stewardesses during a demonstration at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga earlier this week. Air Canada Cabine Personnel went off early on Saturday, the grounding of hundreds of flights and thousands of passenger to act (Arlyn Mcadorey / Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty images)
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Trade union -employees of Air Canada formed picket lines outside of large Canadian airports while they fought for better wages and conditions.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees, who represent more than 10,000 stewardesses, said that its members are currently only paid when the Pushback plane goes to arrival and that they do not receive payment in time to spend passengers, help them deplane or wait on the ground between flights.
The trade union requires full reimbursement for this unpaid soil time.
Wesley Lesosky, President of the Air Canada component of Cupe, said in a press conference in Toronto that no negotiation sessions were planned between the two parties from Saturday morning, who have been on and out of negotiations for months.
Two Air Canada aircraft can be seen on the asphalt of the Pierre-eliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 15, 2025. (Andrej Ivanov / AFP via Getty Images / Getty images)
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“We are here because Air Canada forces us to work for hours and hours for free every day, and we are here because we are not going to accept it anymore,” he said.
Air Canada said that his package will increase by 38% by 38% in four years, while the trade union emphasizes that the company offers only 50% wages for fundamental rights such as boarding and deplaning, not the full hourly wage.
The company said that her offer from Air Canada Stewardessen would make the best compensated in Canada. Cabin crew already earns up to $ 17 more per hour than their counterparts with the largest domestic competitor of the company, said it.
Air Canada said that the hourly rates would rise to 94 Canadian dollars ($ 69 US) in the first year, which reflects an increase of 12% to 16% that includes a boost of 8% to base wages and another 4% to 8% through a new ground information. By 2027 it said that senior stewardesses would earn an average of 87,000 Canadian dollars ($ 63,000 US) per year, with approximately 20% of 90,000 Canadian dollars ($ 65,700 US) or more earn. Air Canada said on Saturday that it “remains involved and committed to negotiate a renewal of the collective agreement with Cupe.”
“Air Canada deeply regrets the effect that the strike has on customers,” the company said in a statement.
The airline advises affected customers strongly not to go to the airport, unless they have a confirmed ticket to a airline other than Air Canada or Air Canada Rouge.
People hold placards when a strike starts after the trade union that represents the 10,000 stewardesses of Air Canada, has no agreement with the airline, on Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Quebec, Canada August 2025, reached on August 16, 2025 (Reuters / Peter McCabe / Reuters -photos)
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“Air Canada will inform customers of threatening trips of extra canceled flights and their options,” the company said. “For those customers who are going to travel soon, whose flights have not yet been canceled, Air Canada has introduced a goodwill policy to enable them to book their journey or obtain a credit for future travel.”
Air Canada has asked Prime Minister Mark Carney’s minority liberal government to act, but the trade union says it wants a negotiated solution because binding arbitration would decrease the pressure of the airline.
Air Canada flies to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and internationally on six continents, the company said.
Reuters has contributed to this report.
