WestJet

Canada’s WestJet Airlines reported that, in spite of government action aimed at averting travel problems during the holiday weekend, it was had to cancel 235 flights on Saturday due to an unexpected strike by its mechanics....

WestJet’s mechanics launched an unexpected walkout late Friday, threatening to ground aircraft and impede travel at the beginning of a long weekend marked by national holidays. WestJet is the second-largest airline in Canada. Diederik Pen, the...