Tag Archives: This isn’t the first time labour unrest at WestJet has affected holiday weekend travel plans. The airline averted a strike last year in the early hours of the May long weekend

WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech and President Diederik Pen issued statements from the airline’s Calgary headquarters on Saturday morning, condemning a sudden and “absurd” strike by the union maintaining the company’s planes (AMFA) on Friday. This resulted in at least 235 flight cancellations, impacting roughly 33,000 WestJet customers. Update: The strike ended Sunday evening with… Read More »