The Chief of Staff assured that “there are companies interested in acquiring” the flagship airline.
As the conflict between the Government and the aeronautical unions, who are demanding a salary increase, Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francosassured that there are already officials in contact with private companies to take charge of Argentine Airlines. While the government’s plan is privatize the flag carrier, to do so it needs the approval of Congress, which months ago removed it from the list of privatizable companies that appeared in the Bases law.
In any case, Francos assured that since the Government They are already making progress in talks with several lines and added that President Javier Milei is looking for this transfer to take place as soon as possible.
“There are companies interested in acquiring Airlines, like Gol and Jet Smart, but there is still no authorization from Congress and We will work to prevent the imposition of impossible conditions. Aerolíneas Argentinas historically has difficulties, That is why we made public some circumstances and benefits of the workers and the The arbitrary way in which they handle the power they have to harm Argentines with the strikes“, he said.
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The Government seeks alternatives among private companies amidst the aeronautical conflicts
In turn, the Chief of Staff said that they will meet with private airlines so that they begin to take over some flights that Aerolíneas currently makes, in case they are suspended due to union measures. This measure was decided after a meeting of the Chief of Staff with the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and the Secretary of Transportation, Franco Mogetta.
“We are going to enable flights to other companies to supplement the enormous percentage of flights that it has Airlines over total. We are going to a system of many companies that can cover a territory as extensive as ours“, the official explained.
In this regard, he emphasized: “It cannot happen that a man says that flights are being cut and thousands of people are left without flying and thousands of companies without work.The Argentine economy cannot be subject to someone who eventually makes the decision to stop the company. We need to implement it and we will take all the necessary measures.“, hill.
Source: Ambito
