Most Air Canada flights are grounded as the carrier's flight attendants have begun an indefinite strike. According to FlightAware, 63% of Air Canada's Saturday schedule is canceled, as well as 65% of Air Canada Rouge's schedule as of 7:30 a.m. ET.
The airline began winding down its operations on Wednesday in preparation for the walk-off and warned in a statement that it expects about 130,000 passengers worldwide to be affected each day of the strike.
Flight attendants walked off the job after their union negotiators reached an impasse with the airline management over wages and compensation.
Air Canada is offering a waiver to passengers whose flights might be affected, allowing travelers who booked their flight by Aug. 14 to move their tickets to travel between Aug. 21 and Sept. 12 without paying a fee or fare difference. More information about the waiver is available on Air Canada's website.
AirAdvisor, a consumer airline refund website, suggests that as many as 27,000 U.S passengers per day could be affected.
