The flight cancellations are multiplying. On -board agents do not appear at their workplace. Travelers are looking for alternatives.
It is the current tempo at especially Canadian airports, but also elsewhere.
Obviously, Air Canada on -board agents are ready to leave work at midnight and one this Saturday, August 16. More and more of them do not go to work.
Chaos that worsens
Chaos has already settled in the alleys of airports, and it worsens, the planes being ready to take off but immobilized on the Tarmac while waiting for their crew.
“We note that nearly 300 on -board agents, twice as usual, do not appear at work this evening. This will result in additional cancellations. We regret the drawbacks caused to customers, ”said Air Canada in a press release.
“We remind our on -board agents that we will repatriate them in the event of a strike, despite the rejection by the SCFP of the agreement to repatriate the Canadians. »»
However, on -board agents expressed their concerns to our colleagues from Open Jaw in Toronto, specifically concerning repatriation, saying that they have received no guarantee from the airline on this subject.
Air Canada canceled 100 flights yesterday Thursday and 500 others today, in anticipation of a possible cessation of all its activities shortly after midnight tonight.
Fulgurating increase in ticket prices
The VAT Nouvelle Information Network reports flambés of prices for plane tickets currently:
“As an example, Wednesday morning, a direct first flight for Barcelona cost an average of $ 420 on the Air Transat site. The same flight with the same plane went to $ 2475, just over six times the price of the day before. »»
“In the meantime, travelers lose thousands of dollars in this damn mess. What is really odious is that the other airlines operate unscrupulous, without embarrassment, travelers who are stuck and who are looking for plane tickets by inflating prices, “said commentator Paul Arcand.
