Air Canada says it has suspended plans to resume limited operations after the union representing the airline’s flight attendants said Sunday it will defy a federal back-to-work order for binding arbitration to end the work stoppage.
“Approximately 240 flights scheduled to operate beginning this afternoon have now been cancelled,” the airline said in a statement.
Air Canada said it will instead resume flights as of Monday evening, but with more than 10,000 flight attendants remaining on strike, it is unclear how Air Canada plans to operate these flights.
CBC News has reached out to the airline for clarification.
Earlier, the Montreal-based airline announced it planned to resume flights starting Sunday evening, a day after the federal government issued a directive to end a cabin-crew strike that caused the suspension of around 700 daily flights, stranding more than 100,000 passengers.
But just hours later, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said in a statement that members would remain on strike, even after the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ordered both parties back to work by 2 p.m. ET.