Air Canada will start canceling flights on Thursday before the possible attack by its hostesses

Air Canada said he will begin to cancel flights on Thursday before a possible strike of his hostesses, which the airline said it will allow an orderly closure of the largest airline in Canada.

The airline said Wednesday that the first flights will be canceled on Thursday, with more on Friday and a complete cessation of flying by Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge for the weekend.

The union that represents about 10,000 Air Canada flight attendees issued a 72 -hour strike notice on Wednesday. If an agreement is not reached or the government does not intervene, the hostesses will begin hitting on Saturday, August. 16.

In response to the strike warning, the airline issued a blocking notice.

Air Canada said that customers whose flights are canceled will be notified and will be eligible for full refund. The company also said that it has made arrangements with other Canadian and foreign carriers to provide customers with alternative travel options as much as possible.

“We regret the impact that an interruption will have on our clients, our interested parties and the communities we serve,” said Air Canada CEO, Michael Rousseau, in a statement.

On Tuesday, Air Canada said that he had reached a dead point with the Union, since the two parties remained very separate in the contract conversations. The union has said that its main conflict points revolve around what calls the “poverty salaries” of flight attendees and unpaid labor when airplanes are not in the air, while Air Canada said it had offered a 38% increase in total payment for four years, as well as other benefits.

“Despite our best efforts, Air Canada refused to address our main problems,” said the union in a negotiation update published online.

The union rejected a proposal from the airline to enter a binding arbitration process, saying that it prefers to negotiate an agreement that its members can vote.

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