The Latest Breaking News from Air Canada

The recent labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants pulled back the curtain on one of the airline industry’s longest-standing injustices: flight attendants are paid only when planes are in motion, a practice that has persisted for more than 60 years across the global aviation industry.

In the halcyon days of the 20th century, air travel was designed to be comfortable for all passengers—not just the ones in first or business class. Those days are long gone for we plebes in economy, unfortunately. The seats are small, the legroom nonexistent, and the refreshments subpar or nonexistent.

A British Airways flight attendant has been accused of pulling down a nursing mother's top and exposing her breasts mid-flight. The passenger says she felt 'violated'.

Flight attendants at both regional and legacy airlines say they're frustrated by what they call low wages and long-standing airline practices of not paying them during the boarding process

While a tentative agreement to end the contract dispute has since been reached, many travellers are still stuck abroad

The emails from Air Canada came without warning: flights cancelled at the last minute, no way to get home and no one at Air Canada answering the phones despite repeated calls. Days went by without a solution.

While details of the agreement are not clear, the flight attendant union said that ‘unpaid work is over’.

Air Canada's flight attendants strike has entered its third day, defying a back-to-work order and causing mass flight cancellations across Canada.

Here’s what passengers need to know about their rights to compensation and what their travel insurance can cover.