translated from Spanish: “Low cost” Airlines ask for 800 new routes to fly inside and outside the country

what was the order from the low-cost lines?

792 companies, which include Jetsmart, Lasa group, Baires Fly, FlyBondi, Avian, and LAN Argentina, wished in a public hearing for new routes to fly in the country and abroad.

This kind of meetings were not held since 2005, since they aimed to discuss the possible incorporation of new airlines.

In this way, the companies represented a map of national interconnectivity that seeks to provide a comprehensive service without the need to go through Buenos Aires. in this way, they seek to join 45 cities in the interior.

Claim of the guilds on the other hand, the unions representing pilots of planes, APLA and UALA, conducted today assemblies that caused delays and cancellations in flights in protest of the aviation policy of the Government and implementation underway companies low cost.

It was a series of surprising assemblies carried out by workers. The Secretary general of the Association of pilots of air lines (APLA), Pablo Biró, predicted: “delays drag that there’s going to continue over the weekend”. The most affected flights were those who were scheduled for this Friday morning. While some were postponed to the afternoon, others cancelled directly by companies.

Low cost aircraft Aerolíneas Argentinas flights delayed Assembly

Trade unions

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