Air Canada has announced that it will resume operations on Sunday following a government directive that called for an end to the cabin crew strike that grounded hundreds of flights, causing cancellations affecting tens of thousands passengers.

The Canadian government’s decision to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants is good news for the airline and its customers. The post Air Canada waits to restart operations after government blocks strike appeared first on FreightWaves.

Air Canada said it planned to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) acted on a directive from Canada's Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to end the strike resulting in the suspension of more than 700 flights.