Air Canada and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement, and the airline is putting flights on sale to say thak you. “To show appreciation for the patience and flexibility of its customers while they waited, Air Canada is offering a limited-time deal and other delightful surprises from now until September 18,” 2024, airline officials said. Deal Alert! Air Canada is offering a 25% discount on new bookings and 2,500 bonus Aeroplan points from now until September 18. See here for more information. Take Flight and Be Delighted Air Canada will also be surprising their customers at select airports Read more
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Air Canada today said it has reached a tentative, four-year collective agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), representing more than 5,200 pilots at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge. “The new agreement recognizes the contributions and professionalism of Air Canada’s pilot group, while providing a framework for the future growth of the airline,” Air Canada officials said. “Terms of the new agreement will remain confidential pending a ratification vote by the membership, expected to be completed over the next month, and approval by the Air Canada Board of Directors.” If ratified, the union said the tentative deal Read more
I keep seeing stories with screaming headlines saying “Feds Won’t Intervene to Stop Air Canada Strike.” I disagree. If you look closely, that’s not what they’re saying. Here are some of Prime Minister Trudeau’s comments yesterday. “I’m not going to put my thumb on the scale on either side. It is up to Air Canada and the pilots’ union to do the work to figure out how to make sure that they are not hurting millions of Canadians,” he told reporters in Quebec, according to a report from Reuters. “Every time there’s a strike, people say ‘Oh, you’ll get the Read more
The 2024 travel year started with a literal bang, when the door of a Boeing 737 Max blew off in mid-flight. Things got arguably worse from then on, with two Canadian airlines going under, a surprise WestJet mechanics strike, massive computer glitches that grounded aircraft, and, now, talk of a potential Air Canada pilots strike. Here’s a brief look at the year of travelling dangerously. JANUARY: On Jan. 5, on a flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California, an unused exit door on A Boeing 737 Max 9 jet unexpectedly blew off at about 16,000 feet. The jet was forced Read more
Travel chaos could be coming to Canada in just a few days. Air Canada today (Sept. 9) said a pilots strike appears “increasingly likely,” and that it was preparing for an “orderly shutdown” as early as Sunday, Sept. 15. Even a partial shutdown of Canada’s largest airline would result in travel chaos in Canada, and also in other cities around the world. Air Canada flies to more than 180 destinations across the globe, including the U.S.A., Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Bloomberg last week reported that Air Canada offered pilots a deal that would raise some pilot wages by Read more
