The work stoppage by on-board food supplier Gate Gourmet also affects passengers on Air Canada and most other flights at Toronto Pearson International Airport
WestJet Airlines is advising customers flying to or from Toronto to pack a lunch after 800 workers at Gate Gourmet catering company went on strike overnight.
Air Canada will be most affected by the strike, the Teamsters union said in a statement. Other airlines affected are United Airlines, Delta Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Air India, Aero Mexico, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and Jetlines, the union said. Customers in WestJet’s premium seating and on Transatlantic flights will receive an unspecified “alternative option” or pre-departure voucher for food and drinks, the airline said.
Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said there will be no hot meals on flights of less than two hours but snacks and water will be available. On longer flights within North America, there will be fewer hot-meal options, and special options will be limited to Kosher.Zurich-based Gate Gourmet, the largest airline caterer in Canada, said it was “disappointed” by the workers’ rejection of an offer that included 12-per-cent pay raises over three years.
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