Air Canada, WestJet launch legal battles to overturn orders to compensate passengers for cancelled flights

The fight over compensation claims for cancelled and delayed flights has made its way into the Federal Court of Appeal.

Air Canada and WestJet have both launched a legal battle to appeal separate Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) rulings where, in each case, the airline was ordered to compensate one or more passengers $1,000 for a cancelled flight caused by a staffing shortage.