In his usual press conference at Casa Rosada, the La Libertad Avanza official said that “the aeronautical unions harmed passengers with a covert strike due to the schedules of their information meetings.”
He added: “In total, 10 JetSmart flights, 10 Flybondi flights and at least 30 Aerolíneas Argentinas flights were affected. Disciplinary actions with fines and sanctions will be applied against all those who carried out these abusive measures, as has already been done with more than 200 employees.”
In this framework, Intercargo will apply, “Discounts for 108 workers for a total of $1.4 million“, while at Aerolíneas, the salary deductions would be “between $50,000 and $150,000 per worker responsible for this barbarity,” he explained.
“The injured party is the user, This moving of schedules only harms those who travel.“We don’t understand why there is so much barbarity,” the official said after the strike.
Aerolíneas Argentinas and low-cost airlines reschedule flights in the face of strike measures
Argentine Airlines reported in a statement on Thursday that “due to the union measures announced by the aeronautical unions for Friday, August 30 at Aeroparque, Delays and cancellations are expected during the morning that could extend to the rest of the day.”
“In the case of tomorrow’s measures, The union of pilots and co-pilots APLA notified the company about ‘partial strikes’, unlike the previous ‘informative assemblies’adding uncertainty to the effective scope of the measure,” the company said in a statement.
Aeronautical strike: service is beginning to return to normal
Operations at Jorge Newbery Airport began to return to normal this afternoon, following the protest measures carried out by the aeronautical unions which resulted in the cancellation of 9 flights, caused delays on around 15 and a diversion to Ezeiza Airport.
The first flight to take off from the metropolitan airport after the cessation of activities was from Aerolíneas Argentinas, bound for Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, at 11:46.
The protests, demanding a salary increase carried out by the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA) and the Association of Aeronautical Personnel (APA), It started at 8, with partial strikes by the pilots and continued at 9 with informative meetings by the ramp workers.
Source: Ambito
