Ottawa, Aug. 17 -- Canada's largest airline Air Canada said it has suspended all operations of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge due to a strike by its 10,000 flight attendants.
The airline said in a news release that the strike led by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) officially began at 12:58 a.m. local time (0458 GMT) yesterday.
After CUPE's strike notice on Wednesday, Air Canada said it has been reducing its roughly 700 daily flights to manage the labor disruption.
Approximately 130,000 customers will be impacted each day that the strike continues, the airline added.
Air Canada also confirmed that a lockout of these flight attendants has begun to prevent the employees from working during the standoff.
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