“I understand that the passengers are worried, we are worried too. But for the moment, you shouldn’t worry. There is no cancellation of flights to date on Wednesday August 6, ”said Soleil The deputy director of public affairs and relations with the environment at Jean-Lesage International Airport in Quebec (YQB), Étienne Cummings.
Air Canada on -board agents have a strike mandate, with an almost Stalinist result of 99.7 % in favor.
Their union requires in particular a salary increase, as well as the remuneration of the work carried out on the ground, not only in flight.
These employees will be able to exercise their mandate from August 16 at the earliest, with a period of 72 hours before the effective trigger of the strike. In other words, it remains time to find a solution to the labor conflict.
“Air Canada resumes discussions with its employees on Friday. So let’s wait for next week to have more details, ”says Cummings.
Your trip will only experience turbulence if a strike bursts. Recall that Air Canada had entered into an agreement with his pilots to just avoid a strike in 2024.
If such a scenario did not arrive with on -board agents, Air Canada flights connecting Quebec to Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal would be disrupted. This would represent around 40 % of flights from YQB in August, advances the deputy director of public affairs and relations with the airport.
“There are many tourists from these places that come to Quebec, so we cannot rejoice in this news. But there is no strike yet, ”repeats Mr. Cummings.
The latter invites passengers to keep informed and consult their emails from Air Canada in the coming days.