AIR Canada customers are left scrambling for help after the airline announced it will shut down due to employee strikes.

The strikes , led by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, will impact an estimated 130,000 passengers, according to the airline.

Flight attendants are expected to strike at 1 a.m. on Saturday if the airline doesn’t accept new contract negotiations, which would lead to the airline suspending all operations.

However, regional Air Canada Express flights operated by Jazz Aviation and PAL Airlines will not be impacted.

"Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge carry approximately 130,000 customers a day who could be affected by a disruption, this includes the 25,000 Canadians that the airline flies home from abroad each day, who could be stranded," the airline said in a state

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