Flight attendants union says a tentative agreement has been reached to end the Air Canada strike

Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning.

The airline says it will gradually begin operations today.

The two sides met through the night with a federal mediator before reaching a tentative agreement that will be brought to members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees .

The union also says it must advise that members must "fully co-operate with resumption of operations."

The federal government intervened in the strike on Saturday morning, invoking Section 107 of the Labour Code to force the Montreal-based airline and the union into binding arbitration.

That order was defied by union officials, leading the Canada Industrial Relations Board to state Monday