WestJet has cancelled more than 100 flights as negotiations with its pilots’ union go down to the wire.
Some 1,800 pilots at the carrier and its Swoop subsidiary are poised to walk off the job as of 3 a.m. MT after the Air Line Pilots Association issued a strike notice Monday.
On Thursday morning, Calgary-based WestJet said in a statement it had begun to cancel flights along its network “to minimize the potential for being stranded.”
As of 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, the airline had cancelled 111 flights scheduled for Thursday, about one third of its normal load. A handful of flights scheduled for Friday and beyond have also already
