‘We feel abandoned – we certainly won’t be flying Air Canada again’ say British families

As Air Canada’s plan to resume flying unravels, thousands of British travellers face paying twice their original fare to get home – with the extra complication of US red tape.

Cabin crew for the Canadian airline walked out as part of a long and bitter pay dispute, and have ignored a government order to return to work. Hundreds of thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled.