Looking ahead to the transport strike next Wednesday, Argentine Airlines announced that there will be modifications to the flight schedules that were scheduled for October 30 and will be affected by the force measure. In this way, the company asked passengers to “be pay attention to the email box informed in your reservation for possible notifications about changes in the flight itinerary during or near the start and end times of the union measure”.
At the same time, he clarified that “if you have purchased your ticket through a travel agency, “any modification will be informed by it.”
He also recalled, “that the company enabled the ticket changes without penalty or charge for fare difference -always in the same cabin- within a period of up to 15 days after the union action“.
Regarding the union conflict, Aerolíneas Argentinas assured that they carried out “all the actions within their reach to mitigate the effect of this measure through rescheduling – advancing and postponing departures outside the time slot of the measure – and creating special flights to redistribute affected passengers.”
Finally, the company expressed: “We regret the inconvenience that this measure may cause in the travel plans of our passengers,” the document concludes.
For its part, Jetsmart also shared a statement stating that “due to union measures, will move part of its usual operations in Aeroparque to the Ezeiza International Airportwhere the airline You will receive ramp services from providers contracted especially for this circumstance.
The flights corresponding to the cities of Tucumán, Neuquén and San Martín de los Andes will continue to be scheduled from Aeroparque and will have the usual ramp service.
Transport strike: how the measure will affect planes
The transport strike announced for this Wednesday will affect trains, planes, trucks, ships and port activity.
In the case of airplanes, they adhere to the force measure five of the eight most important unions in the sector. However, it is a particularly sensitive sector, since it is enough for a single branch to join for the activity to stop.
Aerolíneas Argentinas will not have flightsand there could be delays and complications with the rest of the airlines, although they do not have a large union presence.
In turn, the state ATE joined the strike, which has influence in the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), the Regulatory Body of the National Airport System (ORSNA), Navigable Routes, the Safety Board of the Transport, the former Ministry of Transport, the Transport Safety Board (JST) and the National Transport Regulatory Commission (CNRT), among others.
For its part, the union that brings together foreign airline workers gave freedom of action, but the companies They began to reschedule their flights due to the possibility of not having ground caresince Intercargo will not provide services.
Source: Ambito
