Air Transat pilots voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as contract talks with the airline continue to stall. So what does this mean for passengers as we head into the holiday travel season?

CityNews spoke with Gábor Lukács, president of Air Passenger Rights, to break down what protections passengers actually have.

If a strike or lockout does happen, what could passengers expect, cancellations, delays, rebooking issues?

“In terms of a strike, passengers’ flights are likely to be cancelled. Passengers need to know that there is a significant difference between your flight being cancelled pre-emptively in anticipation of a strike while the labour force is still there, such cancellations are within the carriers’ control and cancellations during a strike once the workers have wal

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