Air Canada continues to raise the bar on the Economy Class travel experience with free beer, wine, and exclusive Canadian-made snacks now available for all customers on all flights, including route…| Jim Byers Travel
Canadian travellers have spoken. Air Canada Vacations has announced the winners of its first-ever Travellers’ Top Picks Awards, a celebration of Canadian wanderlust that drew over 100,000 ent…| Jim Byers Travel
Ryanair has been identified in the UK Consumers Association publication “Which?” as the air carrier against which airline awfulness is benchmarked, and it has found that – by one particular measure, British Airways is even worse. Airlines examined in this survey are among those offering services to or from British airports, and Which? says it … Continue reading Awful Airlines, says Which?| Learmount.com
Three Canadian airlines have received top ratings at a major airline awards show. For the sixth consecutive year, Air Canada received a Five Star Global Airline Award at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) 2026 Awards, which were presented last night. Air Canada’s onboard Wi-Fi sponsored by Bell, which is complimentary for Aeroplan members, was ranked as the Best Inflight Connectivity. (It’s a great service I use on all my Air Canada flights, allowing me to stay in touch w...| Jim Byers Travel
Air Canada continues to ramp up its operations and expects to deliver close to its full network schedule by Friday, August 22. In addition, the airline today updated its goodwill policy to cover reasonable additional accommodation and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by customers as a result of the labour disruption at the airline. The updated, exceptional policy applies to customers whose original travel was disrupted between August 15 and 23, 2025 inclusive and builds on the flexible rebooki...| Jim Byers Travel
Air Canada and its flight attendants union say they have reached a mediated settlement, and the airline says it will gradually resume flights this afternoon. After a wild couple days that saw the Air Canada flight attendants union defy a government order to go back to work, the two sides renewed negotiations late on Monday night. A mediated settlement was announced early Tuesday morning, 19AUG. “The suspension of our service is extremely difficult for our customers,” said Michael Rousseau...| Jim Byers Travel
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Air Canada flight attendants, who went on strike earlier this summer, have overwhelmingly rejected Air Canada's wage offer, according to an announcement from CUPE on Saturday.| Global News
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Why the CUPE-led flight attendants’ strike and labour victory is a win for us all| The Independent
Cost concerns linger; only one-in-six would pay five per cent or more on airfare to fund pay increase August 15, 2025 – As hundreds of thousands of Air Canada ticket holders navigate alternative travel arrangements and brace for the impact of cancelled trips, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the airline’s reputation appears to be rapidly losing…| Angus Reid Institute
Kingston's Jeff Downie and his daughter scrambled to make alternate travel arrangements to Australia and New Zealand through the U.S.| ottawacitizen
On Wednesday, Air Canada said that it has issued the statutory 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge after the union provided notice it intends to begin a strike.| Retail Insider
Flight attendants at Air Canada have voted overwhelmingly to take part in strike action unless the airline significantly improves its offer to struggling crew members in protracted contract negotiations. On Tuesday, the CUPE union, which represents more than 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and its leisure subsidiary Air Canada Rouge, announced that its members…| PYOK
Air Canada is rolling out unlimited free Wi-Fi for passengers across the fleet. This new feature is now available on 88% of aircraft.| One Mile at a Time
For businesses, generative models have democratized the use of artificial intelligence (AI), enabling companies in key sectors to implement new technologies. However, generative AI can produce misinformation and disinformation and has a large carbon footprint.| INDVSTRVS
