Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian government intervened and forced the airline and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration

Air Canada announced Aug. 17 that it would be resuming flights after the Canadian government intervened to end a flight attendants strike. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing the flag carrier's flight attendants began the strike on Aug. 16 after rejecting a proposed wage increase.

Air Canada aims to resume flights after the CIRB, under Canada's Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu's directive, ended a strike affecting over 700 flights. The board ordered the airline and its flight attendants back to work by 2 p.