Canada's Air Transat pilots approve five-year contract

Jan 6 (Reuters) - ⁠Pilots at ⁠Canadian ‍airline Air Transat overwhelmingly approved a new five-year contract ‍on Tuesday, according to the Air ​Line Pilots Association, which represents 725 ​members at the carrier.

Roughly 90 percent of Air Transat pilots approved the contract, which increases ​pay and schedule flexibility, according to the union. The two ​sides reached the terms in early December, narrowly ‌averting a strike by the pilots.

“While it was unfortunate that this ​level of pressure ⁠was required, it was our unity that ultimately delivered ‌results," Captain Bradley Small, chair of ALPA’s Air Transat Master Executive Council, ‌said in a statement.

The new agreement is ‌backdated to May 1, 2025, and expires April 30, 2030.

The carrier focuses primarily on ‍holiday travel to international destinations in Europe, the Caribbean, ⁠the U.S. East Coast, South America and Africa, according to its website.

(Reporting by Dan Catchpole in Seattle; Editing by Nia Williams)

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