WestJet Cancels at Least 150 Flights Following Surprise Mechanics Union Strike

A passenger walks past a WestJet plane at the Calgary International Airport in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

WestJet says it’s cancelled at least 150 flights beginning Saturday after the union maintaining the airline’s planes announced it went on strike hours earlier.

The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) announced its members started to strike around 5:30 p.m. MDT Friday because the airline’s “unwillingness to negotiate with the union made the strike inevitable.”