Air Canada announced its intention to resume its flights on Sunday, after the intervention of the federal government which ordered an enforceable arbitration to end the strike of on -board agents the day before.
The airline said, in a statement released on Sunday morning, that the first flights will resume on Sunday evening, but it will take several days before its activities returned to normal.
“During this process, some flights will be canceled over the next seven days, until the schedule is stabilized,” said the company.
Air Canada claims to have received the Order of the Canadian Industrial Relations Council to resume its activities and to ensure that on -board agents resume their functions before 2 p.m.
The Minister of Employment, Patty Hajdu, ordered the airline on Saturday and her on-board agents to resume their activities, ending a strike and a lockout after less than 12 hours.
Air Canada reports that the work stoppage led to the suspension of more than 700 flights.
The Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP), which represents on -board agents, accused Minister Hajdu of having given in to Air Canada requests.
The Air Canada component of the SCFP, which represents more than 10,000 airline agents of the airline, announced on Saturday that its members went to the picking lines after being unable to conclude a last minute agreement with the employer. Air Canada put its locked-out on-the-on-out agents about 30 minutes later due to the strike.
Company in this dispatch: (TSX: AC)
