Air Canada set to resume flights as cabin crew return to work

Air Canada is set to resume its flight services on Wednesday, after a nearly four-day strike by its unionized flight attendants left more than 500,000 passengers stranded.

“While the restart of our operations will begin immediately, we expect it will take several days before our operations return to normal,” the airline said.

The flight attendants’ union and the airline had on Tuesday reached a tentative deal, but its details have not been disclosed. The union said unpaid work was over.

Flight attendants had walked off the job on Saturday after contract talks with the airline collapsed. They had pushed for compensation for duties such as boarding passengers.

The airline is yet to reinstate its third-quarter and full-year profit outlook, which were withdrawn due to the strike.

The proposed wage hikes at Air Canada would mean up to C$140 million in incremental costs, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Matthew Lee.