The air traffic controllers’ strike, which is taking place this Tuesday, December 17, is once again creating complications at the beginning of the day, with an estimated impact on thousands of people Passengers at Ezeiza International Airportbetween cancellations and delays on domestic flights of different airlines.
In AirportThere are now also airlines that are rescheduling and canceling flights, but there is not yet an exact number of those affected, said Airports Argentina. THE NATION.
From the airlines as stated THE NATIONIt is estimated that the number of affected passengers will be more than 20,000 due to the domino effect of cancellations and rebookings between today and tomorrow.
From Aerolíneas Argentinas they reported that the air traffic controllers’ strike is expanding between 8 and 11 caused delays and rescheduling of domestic flights, but without cancellations. In total, 67 delays affecting approximately 7,472 passengers and 25 overtakes affecting a further 3,100 passengers were recorded, bringing the total number of affected flights to approximately 94 11,000 passengers are affected by the measure. All affected services correspond to national routes, the company states.
From the very beginning, several services were changed. Flybondi canceled the 8:10 a.m. flight to Jujuy and the 8:40 a.m. flight to Bariloche. And as the hours passed, other rescheduling also occurred: The airline postponed the flight to San Juan, originally scheduled for 9:45 a.m., to 11:30 a.m., and the 9:50 a.m. flight to Ushuaia was also postponed to the same time.
In the case of Flybondi, in addition to the cancellations, there were also changes to other flights. The 10:40 a.m. service to Ushuaia was moved to 11:10 a.m.; The flight to Mendoza, scheduled for 1:20 p.m., finally takes off at 2:05 p.m.; while the flight to Salta was canceled at 12:10 p.m. Meanwhile, JetSMART stated that the itinerary has been adjusted “with changes in some schedules,” although they clarified that there are no cancellations. They recommended passengers check the status of their flights on the company’s website, the airline said.
Flybondi warned in an official statement released yesterday that due to the violent measures announced by the Association of Technicians and Employees of Air Navigation Protection and Safety (ATEPSA), the company was forced to change the program for both Wednesday, December 17th and Thursday, December 18th.
As explained above, the readjustment involved the cancellation of six flights, the rescheduling of a further 69 and the implementation of airport changes, which may also lead to delays to other services. “With this adjustment of the two-day union strike alone, 13,000 passengers will be affected at the start of the summer season,” warned the company, which also “regretted the inconvenience caused by violent measures without taking into account the negative effects they bring,” as they noted in a statement.
At Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, however, the panorama was different. As of 9:30 a.m., operations are normal and according to the departure screens, all flights are on time and depart as planned. Some passengers approached counters and asked whether their services might be affected later, although the general atmosphere is calm. From the airport management they explain that at Aeroparque “it is very difficult to name the number of passengers affected, as some airlines rebook flights and others cancel them directly,” they explained.
According to the schedule published by Atepsa, the strikes would continue Tuesday, December 23rd before Christmas Eve, when the Flight departures with national destinations between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., while the Saturday, 27th would be the first measure in the Aviation with international destination, between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
After all, that’s it Monday, December 29th They would be affected before the end of the year all starts from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. In any case, the only exceptions are operations in emergency situations.for example, those providing health, humanitarian, government or search and rescue services.
The union says the union will take action legitimate and answer “the lack of dialogue, The violations of the collective agreement (CCT), The Refusal to rehire laid off workers and one increasingly critical salary situation.”
Meanwhile, EANA sources assure that the strikes “They are pursuing a political goal.” “It should be remembered that they also tried to carry out violent measures during the winter holidays and now they are trying to take Argentines hostage in the last days of the year,” they noted.
According to the same sources, “the political intent and the intent to cause harm is clear, since at the beginning of these union actions the implementation of the joint agreement between the union and the company was underway, which was only finalized in December.” “Consequently, these measures, as well as those recently announced, are illegitimate as the union argument of non-compliance is false since the agreement was fulfilled as agreed,” they concluded.
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