TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said Tuesday it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.

The union for 10,000 striking Air Canada flight attendants said Monday they won't return to work even though the strike, now in its third day, has been declared illegal. The strike at Canada's largest airline is affecting about 130,