The presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorniannounced this Thursday the deregulation of the ramp service at airports. “It is the end of the Intercargo company as we know it,” he said. He did so accompanied by the Ministers of Deregulation, Federico SturzeneggerSecurity, Patricia Bullrichand the Secretary of Transportation, Franco Mogetta.
“By order of the Ministry of Transportation, deregulate the airport ramp service to open the game to new companies and end the Intercargo monopoly“. This way, Manuel Adorni He made the announcement after the force measure carried out yesterday by the workers of the state company.
Besides, Adorni He added that security forces will be enabled to carry out airport services in cases of emergencies. “It’s going to enable security forces to exploit airport, operational and ramp services in general in cases of emergencies, on a temporary and extemporary basis. This means that no union terrorist will be able to take a passenger hostage again,” he explained.
“This is neither more nor less than the end of Intercargo as we know it so far“, hill Adorni.
The authorization of the Security Forces to operate aeronautical services
After the announcement of deregulation of the cargo service, the Government announced the use of the Security Forces to control the situation in Aeroparque after the union force measure carried out yesterday. This Thursday they deployed at the Jorge Newbery airports in CABA and the Ezeiza international airport to Security Police, the Prefecture and the Gendarmerie.
“I am instructing, by order of the president of the Nation, the Airport Security Police and additionally the rest of the security forces to immediately unload the luggage of the units detained at the Jorge Newbery Airport,” announced the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich.
This measure will be temporary until the situation at Aeroparque was regulated. It could be extended to other airports in case the conflict is repeated.
Bullrich stated that it was “the worst day in the airport history of our country” and denounced that 18 people got off in ambulances with all kinds of problems and decompensations. Due to these events, he blamed the union members for having committed “abandonment of people” and recalled that they filed a criminal complaint.
The details of deregulation
The Minister of Deregulation, Federico Sturzeneggerexplained the details of the announced deregulation. “This It is part of a deregulation process that began a year ago. It started with the deregulation of air ticket prices that prevented airlines from lowering prices and the deregulation of routesso that many more airlines can travel freely around the country. This culminates with the deregulation of the ramp area“he explained.
“There was already the possibility of enabling routes, but they did not have the possibility of having ramp services. With this last step We are giving rise to new players in the ramp service to join the Argentine market. This began with an authorization for airlines to provide the service to each other and, as the next step, it was enable new companies, even if they are not airlines, to be able to provide services to the Argentine market“, explained the Secretary of Transportation, Franco Mogetta.
Intercargo strike: Luis Caputo announced that 15 workers were fired
He economy minister, Luis Caputoconfirmed that the Government separated 15 employees of Intercargo who participated in the measure of force carried out on Wednesday. “In the Argentina that we are building, We are not going to allow these extortion mechanisms“Toto stated on his X account.
The decision of the libertarian administration comes after the Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA) will hold a surprise day of informational assemblies, to denounce the “arbitrary dismissal” of an Intercargo employee. In addition to the dismissals, the Ministry of Security filed a complaint against the participants in the force measure for crimes of unlawful deprivation of libertyextortion hindering air transport.
Source: Ambito
