{"id":330580,"date":"2025-12-07T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330580\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:58:08","slug":"air-transat-to-suspend-flights-following-strike-notice-from-pilots-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/330580\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Transat to suspend flights following strike notice from pilots union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/YC25A5B5WBBCZPGWMJJXQYJZQI.JPG?auth=ca3dcbafbea2b1f6f8a190ed1dcf01cc80495480b5fc7795f1dfc630624a69eb&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Air Transat says it will gradually suspend flights Monday and Tuesday following a 72-hour strike notice from its pilots.Paul Chiasson\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Air Transat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/stocks\/TRZ-T\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/stocks\/TRZ-T\/\">TRZ-T<\/a> will gradually suspend flights on Monday and Tuesday following a 72-hour strike notice from ALPA, the union representing the company\u2019s 700 pilots, Canada-listed tour operator Transat AT said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Air Transat pilots overwhelmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-air-transat-pilots-vote-to-strike-if-contract-talks-fail\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-air-transat-pilots-vote-to-strike-if-contract-talks-fail\/\">voted last week<\/a> to strike if contract talks between the Air Line Pilots Association and the company failed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The union, which represents more than 700 pilots, and the Montreal-based company have been in talks for a new collective agreement since January.The pilots are seeking better pay, working conditions and job security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Transat AT, the airline\u2019s operating company, is struggling to turn a profit and reduce debt incurred after a taxpayer bailout early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is also facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-pierre-karl-peladeau-transat-review-board-shakeup\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-pierre-karl-peladeau-transat-review-board-shakeup\/\">battle for the control of its boardroom<\/a> led by disgruntled investor Pierre Karl P\u00e9ladeau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">With reports from Eric Atkins<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">This is a breaking news story. More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Air Transat says it will gradually suspend flights Monday and Tuesday following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,49174,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-330580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-streetwise","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}