Air traffic controller strikes continue. Are flights at risk over the long weekend?

ATEPSA continues strikes in shipping activity, where there are already problems. In the absence of an agreement, they will intensify the fighting plan.

11/11/2025 – 06:58

As advanced professional, The Association of Technicians and Employees in the Protection and Safety of Air Navigation (ATEPSA) warned that it would intensify force actions in response to the decision of the Argentine Air Navigation Company (EANA), which it denounced, “is not consistent with the labor and joint agreements signed” by the agency that relies on the national state.

the Trade union organization Implementing the combat plan that began on Monday, November 3, with activities stopping from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Tuesday the 4th. With the same application schedule, strikes continued on Thursday the 6th and Sunday the 9th, and were scheduled for Friday the 14th, Tuesday the 18th, Friday the 21st, Monday the 24th, Thursday the 27th, and Sunday the 30th.

The force measures are already affecting the shipping sector

At the moment, protests affect cargo aviation, and instructions not to authorize Airplanes taking off Dedicated exclusively to this activity and do not receive their trip plans. However, given the intransigent position of the EANA, the leadership of the union recognized as air traffic controllers is analyzing the expansion of the strikes to include commercial aviation activity, affecting the departure of aircraft of various companies.

Shipping operations have stopped Night time It started causing delays and complications in the country’s logistical and trade chain. According to union spokespeople, “High-value or perishable products that rely on air transport speed will be affected, which could have a domino effect on import and export deadlines.”

In a statement by the union that leads Paola Barretta“Although the protests seek to avoid impacting passenger operations, the absence of management by EANA exacerbates the situation and deepens the conflict,” he noted.

Are there more strikes coming over the next long weekend?

In this regard, he warned that if EANA does not comply with the commitments made and does not call for dialogue, “we will be forced to increase the legitimate measures of union action.” It is then estimated that Atipsa He will announce the implementation of the cessation of activities in the aviation sector, referring above all to the long weekend from 21 to 24 November, a date that is usually used to schedule summer holidays, and visits to hotels and homes, both on the Atlantic coast and in other parts of the country.

The Union explained: “More than two months after signing the commitment Improving employee conditions From the activity, EANA did not provide concrete responses to the claims made under the collective bargaining agreement discussion.

He stressed that “the company fails once again to adhere to what was signed, and demonstrates its unwillingness to resolve the points that directly affect our working conditions.” Last August, Atibsa It carried out a series of protests that arose in response to government intervention, closing salary increases and opening a negotiating table to address various labor demands.

It is worth noting that it is an essential service, in addition to adhering to the requirements Protocols Regarding the sector, the union explained that “there is only a delay in take-off, but not in landing operations, where normal activities take place, as well as in emergency services.”