Two Air Canada planes are seen on the tarmac of the Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images
Air Canada flight attendants say they will remain on strike despite a government order to enter binding arbitration. Meanwhile, the airline says flights will resume on Aug. 18.
Air Canada had initially said flights would resume late on Aug. 17 as the federal government referred negotiations between the airline and the flight attendants’ union to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) for binding arbitration hours after a strike that began just past midnight on Aug. 16.
