Air Canada Plans to Resume Flights Aug. 18 After Flight Attendants Defy Back-to-Work Order

The airline was set to restart flights on Aug. 17, but the union said the strike would continue.
Air Canada Plans to Resume Flights Aug. 18 After Flight Attendants Defy Back-to-Work Order
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
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Air Canada flight attendants say they will remain on strike despite a government order to enter binding arbitration. Meanwhile, the airline says it plans to resume flights 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.