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Air Canada Strike Notice

20th September 2011 Air Canada have advised TD that they have received a strike notice from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the airline’s 6,800 flight attendants, confirming the union's intention to begin a strike at 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

Talks between the parties are ongoing and will continue prior to the strike deadline, assisted by federally-appointed mediators. However; in recognition of the uncertainty for customers this situation may cause, Air Canada has introduced a flexible rebooking policy to enable customers booked for travel over the next six days on a rolling window basis (September 16-21, 17-22, etc.) to change their booking, free of charge to an earlier or later date until December 9, 2011, subject to seat availability.

Their flexible rebooking policy permits changes to flight dates free of charge, but not refunds at this time. We continue to operate our normal schedule as talks continue to avoid a disruption. Normal fare conditions apply with respect to refunds. In the event of cancellations due to schedule changes, full refunds would be available.

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