Most interior flights and the United States of Air Canada should take off

Air Canada plans that most of its North American connections will be restored on Thursday, while the air carrier continues to take over its activities after the end of the strike of its on-board agents.

According to its dashboard, which allows you to follow the resumption of its services, Air Canada plans that 98 % of domestic flights will be provided in the coming 24 hours, just like 99 % of links with the United States.

The airline has also almost caught up on international flights, with 94 % of planned flights.

The general vice-president and chief operations of Air Canada, Mark Nasr, explained earlier this week that the recovery process would take more time for international links.

Indeed, the airline had repatriated its crews before the strike, so that the staff was not yet in place abroad when it ended.

It will probably take up to ten days for the service to return to normal at Air Canada and Red Air Canada.

Expanding the reimbursement policy

The airline has indicated that in addition to reimbursing customers who have reserved another means of transport due to the disruption of their initial flight from August 15 to 23, it will now also cover the reasonable expenses for hotel stays, meals, land transport and other related costs during this period.

Refund requests must be accompanied by receipts, which may be submitted through the Air Canada online customer relationship portal.

The company said it will take four to six weeks to reimburse the concerned customers Due to the expected volume refund requests.

Air Canada had previously informed its customers that they may be able to claim some of these other costs by contacting their travel insurer, specifying on its website that the airline itself itself does not cover the costs of accommodation, meals or other costs not linked to transport.

Salary increase and end of unpaid labor

The air carrier and the union representing more than 10,000 of its on -board agents concluded an agreement in principle on Tuesday morning, with the help of a federal mediator.

The proposed agreement must still be ratified by on -board agents during a vote scheduled from August 27 to September 6.

The methods of the principle agreement, shared by the Air Canada component of the Canadian Public Service Syndicate on its website, provide for a wage increase of 12 % this year for most junior ons, while more experienced members will benefit from an increase of 8 %.

All members will benefit from an increase of 3 % in 2026, then 2.5 % in 2027 and 2.75 % in 2028.

The agreement in principle, valid until March 2029, also addresses the controversial question of unpaid labor when the planes are on the ground.

As of this year, on -board agents will receive half of their hourly wages for 60 minutes on the ground on narrow fuselage planes and 70 minutes on large fuselage planes.

This salary will increase to 60 % of hourly wages next April, 65 % in 2027 and 70 % in 2028.

Even if the members must decide on the entire agreement, a large part of its terms – especially those governing retirement regimes, benefits, rest and holidays – are already considered final, as agreed between Air Canada and the union.

If the agreement is not ratified by the members of the union, the SCFP Specified that all the terms, with the exception of those concerning wages, would always be part of the new collective agreement of Air Canada on -board agents.