TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada suspended plans to restart operations Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order. The strike was already affecting about 130,000 travelers per day during the peak summer travel season.

Dreyfuss MONTREAL (Reuters) -Air Canada suspended its third-quarter and annual profit forecasts on Monday as its planes remained grounded after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to return to work and called on the airline to get back to the bargaining table.

The airline is facing a crisis after its flight attendants walked off the job over the weekend and rejected a government order to return to work.

Passengers flying from Canada to the UK have far fewer rights than travellers heading in the opposite direction

Air Canada's fleet of hundreds of planes remained grounded on Monday morning after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to get back to work and called on the airline to return to the bargaining table.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board has declared a strike by 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants illegal and ordered them back on the job after they ignored an earlier order to return to work and submit to arbitration.

Air Canada withdrew its financial targets for the year as a strike by flight attendants entered its third day, forcing the country’s largest airline to keep most flights grounded.

More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants will continue their strike despite back-to-work orders from the Canadian government, the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said Sunday.

The decision by the union representing the 10,000 workers means that travel chaos will continue for at least a second day. Air Canada said it had suspended its reopening plan until Monday evening.

A Canadian government panel ordered the flight attendants back to work, but they refused. The strike is affecting about 130,000 travelers around the world each day.

After months of stalled negotiations, 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job early Saturday morning. The federal government stepped in hours later to order binding arbitration, forcing an end to the strike — or so they thought.