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TRAVELERS are raging after a popular budget airline canceled hundreds of flights, leaving many customers stranded with holiday and even wedding plans in jeopardy. WestJet, the second largest airline in Canada, canceled roughly 407 flights over the weekend due to an unexpected strike of the maintenance workers union. The cancellations have impacted at least 49,000 international and domestic travelers across Canada, according to the Associated Press.

Many have blasted the airline over the sudden travel changes on social media. "Thank you @WestJet, our wedding in Mexico is ruined due to your incompetence to mitigate this strike," one flyer wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. "Tens of thousands of dollars gone because you cannot swallow your pride and save the biggest travel week of the year.



"Westjet will never recover from this incompetence." "Hey @WestJet Get your s**t together. Sincerely, Canadians," another wrote .

Several others revealed that the disruptions have made them decide to never fly with WestJet again, even if they had flown with the budget airline for years. "Officially done wth Westjet," one X user wrote . "This is now the third or fourth time they’ve messed up our travel plans.

"We’ve been loyal Westjeters for many, many years. They cannot keep their employees happy. Time to go.

" "thank you @WestJet for not paying your mechanics enough so they strike on a holiday weekend," another posted . "thank you @WestJet for sending a cance.

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