Air Canada Commits To Covering Out-Of-Pocket Strike Expenses

Source: One Mile at a Time

Ben Schlappig
Published: 9 hours ago Updated: 8 hours ago

Air Canada has had a really rough week. Air Canada flight attendants went on strike as of Saturday, August 16, 2025, as part of a pay dispute (or more accurately, they were locked out, after issuing a strike warning). That ended up lasting for nearly four days. The government tried to force flight attendants to return to work, but they initially refused, before ultimately agreeing to mediation.

For any of the hundreds of thousands of passengers who were impacted by the strike, Air Canada has at least made a positive announcement with regards to the extent to which the airline will take care of expenses that have been incurred…

It’s officially taking Air Canada 7-10 days to fully return to a stabilized operation, though today, the carrier’s full fleet is back in the skies. The airline has also updated its goodwill policy, to cover reasonable additional accommodations and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by customers as a result of the labor dispute.

This policy applies to those who were originally due to travel between August 15 and August 23, 2025. With this policy, Air Canada will cover any reasonable expenses incurred, for hotel stays, meals, ground transportation, flights on other airlines (in situations where Air Canada couldn’t rebook passengers in a reasonable timeframe), etc.



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