The Airline Pilots Association (APLA)announced this Thursday a cessation of activities for tomorrow between 5 and 14, so there will be cancellations of flights by the flag carrier, both in the Metropolitan Airport as in the Airport of Ezeiza. For its part, the Argentine Association of Flight Attendants announced strikes for this Friday.
The state company reacted to the measure of force and announced in a statement a change in its exchange policy. “In light of the untimely union measures announced for tomorrow between 5 and 14 hours in the Aeroparque and Ezeiza terminals, Aerolíneas Argentinas informs its passengers that lifted penalties for changing tickets“the company said.
In this regard, he recommended that people with flights in that time slot “modify their itineraries to avoid peak periods and delays”. And they clarified: “This modification there will be no cost and can be done by selecting flights within a 15-day window, always to the same original destination.”
Aerolíneas Argentinas enabled the exchange of tickets free of charge due to the strike
In addition, he reported that in the event of not being able to make a change in time, and of not showing up for a flight within the protest time slot, no penalties will be applied to those tickets and will remain open for change.
As for the unions’ strike measures, Aerolíneas Argentinas reported that “around 150 flights and more than 15,000 passengers will be affected” and accused the APLA and AAA unions of wanting to “do as much harm as possible to the company’s passengers during the covert strikes of the last two weeks.”
At the same time, they questioned the fact that, in the face of every attempt by the company to reschedule, delay, advance or apply any type of measure to mitigate the impact of these strikes, “the unions modified the protest schedules to affect the greatest possible number of people.”
The company He described the union’s attitude as “reprehensible” and announced that “the company will continue to respond to this with discounts and penalties.”
Pilots and airmen announced a strike for this Friday
The announcement by the union APLA The statement was made through the social network X, stating that “given the evident lack of will on the part of Aerolíneas Argentinas to move forward with a salary restructuring that adjusts to inflationary indicators, we are going to deepen the union action measures.”
“We have been patient, we have held talks, but the company’s only response to the conflict is sending the pilots a pamphlet that attempts to break the collective unity of its workers. These are critical moments that require serenity, carrying out a strategy based on the power and strength that comes from group unity,” they added in the statement.
They concluded: “The salary level to which they have brought us is shameful. Let’s not fall into their game. We have experience in this type of conflict, and together we will go through it once again. The strike will take place on Friday, September 6, from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., on flights leaving from AEP and EZE.”
For its part AAA He announced, on the same social network, that “due to the lack of a fair salary agreement, the Argentine Association of Flight Attendants announced partial strikes in the Jorge Newbery Airport and Ezeiza Airport for this coming Friday, September 6th.”
“In the absence of a fair wage agreement and the company’s refusal to offer serious proposals to address the drastic loss of purchasing power of cabin crew, we inform you that Next Friday, September 6, we will carry out partial strikes at the Jorge Newbery Airport and at the Ezeiza Airport. “This measure will cause delays and cancellations of flights,” says the statement published on X.
Source: Ambito
