MONTREAL - Transat A.T. Inc. says it steered clear of a strike after reaching a tentative deal with its pilots on Tuesday evening.

The travel company, which owns leisure airline Air Transat, had been cancelling flights and winding down operations ahead of the possible work stoppage, affecting thousands of travellers.

Neither the company nor the union representing some 750 Air Transat pilots released details of the tentative agreement.

Annick Guérard, president and CEO of Transat, said the airline "greatly preferred" to avoid the threat of a strike.

"We are aware that this period has created significant uncertainty, and we extend our sincerest apologies to our customers whose flights were disrupted in recent days," she said in a statement on Tuesday evening.

"Our priority now is to qui

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