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Coverage dated August 15, 2025 to August 18, 2025

Air Canada Flights Will Slowly Resume—After Tentative Deal Reached To End Strike

Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 2 developments

Air Canada said it will gradually resume flights, but warned that a complete schedule could take up to a week.

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Air Canada reaches deal with flight attendant union to end strike, operations to gradually restart

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

  2. Newest

    Air Canada Flights Will Slowly Resume—After Tentative Deal Reached To End Strike

    Headline from Forbes ·

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  1. NPR

    Air Canada suspends operations as flight attendants go on strike (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak summer travel season.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Air Canada flight attendants go on strike (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    A union representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants says they are on strike after a deadline to reach a deal passed. Union spokesman Hugh Pouliot confirmed that the strike has started after no deal was reached. Air Canada has said all flights will be canceled during the work stoppage.

  3. UPI

    Air Canada ordered to resume operations during binding arbitration (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Hours after Air Canada flight attendants went on strike and the airline paused all flights, Canada's government intervened and ordered operations to resume.

  4. NBC4 Washington

    Air Canada to resume flights after directive ending strike (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    Air Canada said it would resume flights Sunday after a government directive to end a flight attendants' strike.

  5. Just the News

    Canadian government intervenes in Air Canada flight attendant strike grounding 700 flights Saturday (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    Air Canada, the country's largest carrier, had sought arbitration, but unionized flight attendants have vehemently opposed it.

  6. NPR

    Air Canada suspends restart plans after union defies return to work order (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Air Canada will resume flights Monday evening, claiming the union illegally directed flight attendants to defy a return-to-work order.

  7. WDIO Duluth

    Air Canada says it is restarting flights Sunday (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian government intervened and forced the airline and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration. The strike stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Air Canada strike: Cabin crew defy return to work order – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Air Canada said it would delay its plans to restart operations to Monday evening. Some 100,000 people have been stranded amid flight cancellations.

  9. KTVZ Bend

    Air Canada flight attendants to remain on strike, defying government’s back-to-work order (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Auzinea Bacon, CNN More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants will continue their strike despite back-to-work orders from the Canadian government, the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said Sunday.

  10. Fox10 Phoenix

    Air Canada delays flight restart as union defies back-to-work order (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Air Canada has delayed restarting flights until Monday evening after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants vowed to defy a government-backed back-to-work order.

  11. WSVN Miami

    Air Canada flight attendants to remain on strike, defying government’s back-to-work order - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants will continue their strike despite back-to-work orders from the Canadian government, the Air Canada component of the

  12. Fortune

    Air Canada flight attendants defy return-to-work order, forcing airline to delay plans to resume flights (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The shutdown of Canada’s largest airline early Saturday was impacting about 130,000 people a day. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.

  13. New York Post

    Air Canada delays restart after flight attendants strike — despite order to return (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Air Canada flight attendants remained on strike on Sunday past the deadline in a government-backed labor board's order to return to work, causing the country's biggest airline to delay restarting operations.

  14. CBS News

    Air Canada to resume flights after government forced arbitration with flight attendants (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The strike, which began on Saturday morning, stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season.

  15. Newsweek

    Air Canada issues strike update after major disruptions (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Air Canada has been ordered to resume operations by 2 p.m. ET, the airline said early Sunday.

  16. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Air Canada to resume flights amid labor dispute with flight attendants (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    Air Canada was resuming operations Sunday after a strike by thousands of flight attendants that canceled several flights at Southland airports.

  17. Al Jazeera

    Air Canada flight attendants to continue strike despite government order (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Workers at Canada’s flagship carrier defy back-to-work order as they stage first strike in 40 years.

  18. The Guardian

    Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Union criticises move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded

  19. FOX Business

    Air Canada strike continues as flight attendants reject government return-to-work order (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Flight attendants strike continues at Air Canada despite binding arbitration order.

  20. Just the News

    Union for Air Canada flight attendants balks at federal government order to immediately end strike (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The Canadian Industrial Relations Board said that flight attendants had to be back at work by 2 p.m. EST on Sunday.

  21. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Air Canada union: Flight attendants will continue strike, airline delays restart plan | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    MONTREAL >> Air Canada flight attendants said on Sunday they would remain on strike despite a government-backed labor board’s order to return to work by 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT), calling the order unconstitutional.

  22. The Hill

    Air Canada to resume flights after government shuts down strike (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    Air Canada will resume flights on Sunday after the northern neighbor’s government intervened to end the workers’ strike that halted hundreds of flights this weekend. The airline said in a statement that the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) directed Air Canada to resume airline operations a…

  23. Digital Journal

    Air Canada to resume flights after govt directive ends strike (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Air Canada said it will resume flying on Sunday after the country's industrial relations board ordered an end to a strike by 10,000 flight attendants that

  24. Newsweek

    Air Canada strike to continue despite government order - union (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said staffers will continue to strike until fair negotiations take place.

  25. The Conversation US

    Air Canada flight attendant ‘unlawful’ strike exposes major fault lines in Canadian labour law (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.

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