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).

Air Canada said it had reached an impasse with the union as the two sides remained far apart in contract talks

Attendants union says there is still time to reach an agreement, as airline warns 100,000 passengers affected by Friday.