{"id":166281,"date":"2024-06-19T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=166281"},"modified":"2024-06-19T21:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T21:43:38","slug":"westjet-cancels-flights-expecting-union-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/06\/westjet-cancels-flights-expecting-union-strike.html","title":{"rendered":"WestJet cancels flights expecting union strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WestJet <\/strong>said on Wednesday it has started cancelling and consolidating flights as it prepares for a strike by its aircraft maintenance engineers and other technical operations employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for the expected strike, set to begin at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday, WestJet said it was cancelling 40 flights over June 18-19, affecting 6,500 customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WestJet Airlines&#8217; mechanics union said on Tuesday it gave the carrier a 72-hour strike notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2024\/06\/westjet-to-add-two-more-boeing-737-max-8-aircraft-to-its-fleet.html\">WestJet to add two more Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to its fleet<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike covers about 681 aircraft maintenance engineers and other skilled employees, the union said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Industrial Review Board is holding hearings on Wednesday over the dispute between the carrier and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association union. The labor board could take a range of actions, including ordering arbitration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So in the short term, there may be some flights disrupted, but I\u2019m hoping that \u2014 I\u2019m hoping that cooler heads will prevail,&#8221; Canadian Labor Minister Seamus O&#8217;Regan told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WestJet, which is backed by Onex Corp and which competes with rival Air Canada, is facing demands from employees for improved working conditions and higher salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/westjet-airlines-begins-flight-cancellations-anticipation-union-strike-2024-06-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-d40f09ce     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