The union representing 4,400 flight attendants at WestJet says it is “focused on reaching a deal” with the airline as a strike and lockout loom going into the long weekend, a spokesperson for the union said Friday.

The WestJet component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) issued a 72-hour strike notice to the airline Thursday, to which WestJet responded with a lockout notice.

“As of early this morning the bargaining committee was still focussed on reaching a deal and avoiding a strike,” a CUPE spokesperson told Global News in an emailed statement Friday.

In an update on Friday, WestJet said they “remain in active bargaining…

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