WestJet to cancel 150 flights

WestJet announced it will cancel 150 flights just hours after the airline's mechanics said they would strike.

WestJet announced it will cancel 150 flights — possibly affecting 20,000 travellers "with limited re-accommodation options available" — just hours after the airline's mechanics said they would strike.

"Additional cancellations are anticipated by Saturday morning if the strike is not called off, or intervention does not happen immediately," the company said in a release issued Saturday just after midnight in Calgary, where the airline is based.

"WestJet is actively and aggressively pursuing every avenue to minimize disruption, including asking for immediate intervention by the minister of labour."