Aeronautical unions have completed a new round of protests, with little impact on flights

After two hours of information meetings, the workers of the Association of Aeronautical Personnel (APA)who provide services to the state-owned company Intercargo, The measures taken this afternoon have ended without having had a major impact on flights today.

Among the At 18:00 and 20:00, there were information meetings at Aeroparque that delayed some Jetsmart, Flybondi and Latam services.. Argentine Airlines was not affected by the measure since it has its own ramp service.

Once the assemblies were over in Aeropark, The measure was replicated in Ezeiza among the 20:00 and 22:00where there was also no major impact on flights.

Only United services to Houston (one hour), Iberia to Madrid (35 minutes) and Ethiopian to Addis Ababa (5 minutes) experienced delays in their departures. Aerolíneas Argentinas, American Airlines and Flybondi flights, which have their own ramp services, operated normally.

Until 1:00 there will also be informative meetings in Cordoba and Mendoza.

Wage claim: the conflict between unions and the Government is getting tense

The strikes are taking place in the midst of the conflict affecting the aeronautical unions and the National Government, particularly with Argentine Airlines and when the state company announced that it will sue the unions, while its president, Fabian Lombardoreiterated that “There are companies interested” in purchasing the flagship airline, confirming the presidential decision to privatize it.

In the midst of a long wage claim, two of the five aeronautical unions, UPSA (Union of Senior and Professional Personnel of Aerocommercial Companies) and APTA (Association of Aeronautical Technical Personnel), have already reached an agreement with Aerolíneas Argentinas. However, the head of APA, Edgardo Llano assured that they will continue with the measures and even warned: “We are going to go to the houses of public officials and the houses of company presidents to protest.”

In turn, he defended the owner of the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA), Pablo Birówhich Aerolíneas Argentinas announced it will expel from its Board of Directors.

“Now this new news came out that they want to disassociate Biró of the Aerolíneas board of directors. But they cannot remove him from that board so easily. Obviously, we will defend that position. We will defend the place that Biró represents tooth and nail because we chose him there precisely so that he could see what is happening inside the company.“, said the union leader.