India, Aug. 17 -- All Air Canada planes remained grounded late Saturday despite the Canadian government intervening to end a strike called by cabin crew members that resulted in hundreds of flights being cancelled and triggered chaos, media reports said.

Air Canada, which has 130,000 daily passengers and flies directly to 180 cities worldwide, said all flights would be cancelled until Sunday afternoon.

Hours later, Canada's labor policy minister, Patty Hajdu, moved to invoke a legal provision that would halt the strike and force both sides into binding arbitration.

However, she said it might take 5 to 10 days for Air Canada to resume regular services after the disruption.

In a statement later, Air Canada said that all flights remained...