US EditionCanada's Air Transat Pilots Approve Five-Year Contract
Around 750 pilots approved a five-year contract with pay raises exceeding 50%, avoiding a strike and aligning wages with other Canadian airlines, union said.
- On Jan 6, 2026, Air Transat pilots ratified a five-year contract backdated to May 1, 2025, with over 50 per cent raises for most of the around 750 pilots, the union said.
- An eleventh-hour agreement came just hours before a planned strike before the busy holiday travel period, narrowly averting a work stoppage, the union said last month.
- ALPA reported 98 per cent participation with 91 per cent voting in favour, and both ALPA and Air Transat confirmed ratification in news releases, Bradley Small said.
- Air Transat briefly canceled flights last month as a precaution but quickly resumed operations once the strike threat passed, with Annick Guérard saying the deal acknowledges needed progress for pilots.
- The outcome fits a broader trend in Canada's aviation labour market, as the dispute would have been the third strike in about a year and a half amid workers seeking gains amid a rising cost of living.
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Air Transat and pilots ratify new five-year deal to avoid strike
Air Transat and its pilots have announced the ratification of a new five-year contract that represents the groups’ first negotiated agreement in more than a decade. In a press release , the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said that, of the 98 per cent of eligible pilots who cast ballots, 91 per cent voted in favour of the agreement, “which now improves their competitive position within the Canadian airline industry and establishes a stronger…
Air Transat pilots vote to ratify five-year deal first reached in December
91 per cent of Air Transat pilots who voted agreed to ratify a new five-year employment contract with the airline. The union and company reached the tentative deal in December, narrowly avoiding a strike.
The 725 pilots, 98% of whom voted, endorsed their new contract of employment, valid until 2030, to 91%.
Air Transat pilots endorsed 91% of the agreement-in-principle that had been reached with the air carrier to renew their collective agreement.
Winnipeg Free Press
Air Transat pilots approve new contract that locks in big gains
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