CONSUMER ALERT: Air Canada grounds all flights after strike

If you have a ticket on the Canadian carrier, here’s what you need to know — and how to get your money back

Air Canada has suspended all operations for both its mainline and Air Canada Rouge services after over 10,000 flight attendants launched a strike early on August 16. If you have tickets on Air Canada, here's what you need to know.

Flight attendants have walked off the job after contract talks collapsed. Within hours, Air Canada locked out its cabin crews, grounding hundreds of flights and leaving as many as 130,000 passengers per day stranded. While the Canadian government quickly intervened with binding arbitration to force attendants back to work, the airline has warned that it could take several days — possibly up to a week — to restore its schedule.

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