{"id":844119,"date":"2026-08-03T09:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844119\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:42:25","slug":"westjet-crew-strike-cancels-88-flights-at-yvr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844119\/","title":{"rendered":"WestJet crew strike cancels 88 flights at YVR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A labour dispute involving more than 4,400 WestJet cabin crew members has led to the cancellation of 88 flights at Vancouver International Airport (YVR).<\/p>\n<p>WestJet has temporarily suspended its mainline operations as the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) remain at odds in contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chloe Reynaud, a communications specialist with the Vancouver Airport Authority, flights operated by WestJet Encore using Q400 aircraft have not been affected by the labour disruption.<\/p>\n<p>The 88 cancelled flights account for approximately 10 per cent of YVR\u2019s scheduled daily operations.<\/p>\n<p>Reynaud said the airport has increased staffing levels within the terminal to assist passengers impacted by the cancellations and provide additional support during the disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are encouraged to check directly with WestJet for the latest information on their flight status before heading to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A labour dispute involving more than 4,400 WestJet cabin crew members has led to the cancellation of 88&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-844119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844119","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=844119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}