Omar Sherif

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WestJet to cancel 150 flights as mechanics strike in surprise move on busy long weekend

WestJet to cancel 150 flights as mechanics strike in surprise move on busy long weekend

WestJet announced it will cancel 150 flights — possibly affecting 20,000 travellers "with limited re-accommodation options available" — just hours after the airline's mechanics said they would strike. "Additional cancellations are anticipated by Saturday morning if the strike is not called off, or intervention does not happen immediately," the company said in a release issued Saturday just after midnight in...