Air Canada said Sunday morning it had reached a tentative agreement with its pilots union on a new four-year collective bargaining agreement, in a deal that will avert a strike or lockout in the near term.
Canada’s largest airline said in a statement that the terms of its new agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents more than 5,200 pilots, will remain confidential, pending a ratification vote by its members expected to be completed within the next month.
Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, which operate about 670 flights a day, will continue to fly as normal, the airline said.
Before the tentative agreement was reached, the airline had been preparing to cancel flights progressively over three days and completely shut down operations at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
ALPA said in a separate statement that its leaders had approved the tentative agreement with Air Canada for member ratification.
Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon said in a post on X that disruptions to Canadians’ travels were avoided thanks to the hard work of the parties and federal mediators.
Air Canada pilots were demanding wages that would narrow the pay gap with their counterparts at major U.S. carriers such as United Airlines UAL.O.
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