by Due to the general strike planned for this Wednesday by the CGT against the measures taken by President Javier Milei (DNU and Omnibus Law), the flight itinerary will be affected, since the aeronautical union will be joining the strike and will not provide services from noon.
Argentinian airlines communicated that will cancel a whopping 267 flights and will reschedule another 26, affecting more than 17 thousand users who had their ticket ordered for this Wednesday, January 24, from 12 to 24.
According to the company, despite the general strike, the staff will be operational “in the period between 00 and 12, with a reduced and adjusted flight volume to the operational needs derived from the subsequent stoppage of activities”.
Meanwhile, the low cost Flybondi will move its operations to the international airport of Ezeiza -where with its own ramp personnel it will try to maintain an active schedule-, while smart jetanother low cost airline, canceled all his flights scheduled for this Wednesday, leaving others 5,000 passengers affected.
Regarding the state company, it is estimated that the cost of this measure will be close to 2.5 million dollars, considering personnel costs, rescheduling and cancellations. A significant figure for a loss-making firm that the Government intends to privatize or hand over to its workers.
To make matters worse, the regularization of the operation and distribution of affected passengers on other flights It will take approximately 72 hoursthe company reported.
To avoid a crowd of people, Aerolíneas Argentinas recommended that passengers who do not have their flights confirmedor approaches airports.
The lowcost, between the total cancellation and the move to Ezeiza
Flybondi moved its operations center from Wednesday to Ezeiza and made a page available to passengers to confirm if the flight will depart on time and will be rescheduled.
Regarding JetSMART, the low cost indicated that the strike will harm 5,000 passengers who were supposed to fly this Wednesday, since employees, suppliers and ramp staff (transfer of passengers and their luggage between the boarding area and the planes) will be affected by the strike. )
“These measures prevent our employees and suppliers from exercising their functions, responsible for providing ramp services (transfer of passengers and their luggage between the boarding area and the planes), among other activities in all airports in the country,” the company reported.
The general strike of the CGT was arranged to express the rejection of the unions and workers to the DNU and the Omnibus Law, both documents presented by the President to the National Congress to continue with his policy of deregulation of the economy.
In addition to changing the flight itinerary, the general strike will also affect other means of transportation, since from 7 p.m. there will be no buses, subways or trains.
