Air Canada has insisted a proportion of cabin crew will earn C$90,000 (£48,100) a year by 2027 as it made a last-ditch effort to avert strike action. The airline suggested 20% would receive that level of salary and senior flight attendants annual pay would reach C$87,000 (£46,500).

Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants plan to strike on Saturday over stalled contract talks, threatening major travel disruptions across Canada.

Hundreds of cabin crew members took their fight to major Canadian airports on Monday, picketing against unpaid labor, as talks on wages intensify between Air Canada and its flight attendants this week ahead of a possible strike.