Air Transat is canceling flights and warning its passengers to fly home early as a potential pilots' strike looms later this week. The Canadian carrier's labor dispute escalated over the weekend after the airline confirmed it had received a 72-hour strike notice from the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), a move that could ground flights as early as December 10th.

The airline is now taking pre-emptive action, and in a media statement says that it will "proceed with the gradual and orderly suspension of its operations over the next three days to prevent the consequences of a sudden, unplanned interruption."

The airline's priority is the repatriation of passengers to prevent them from being stranded abroad. Numerous Air Transat passengers have reported on social media that they are b

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