translated from Spanish: The government advanced the Aerolíneas Argentinas-Austral agreement

Two weeks after a possible resumption of flights, the Government closed an agreement with the pilots of Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral in view of the merger of both companies. The agreement “will improve flight scheduling, unify operational criteria and make organizational structure more efficient,” Aerolíneas said in a statement. From this agreement, the pilots’ work will be carried out “under the same rules and criteria, their ladders will be integrated and their union representation unified”, which will “improve fleet productivity”.

Yesterday we made a fundamental step to realize the merger of @Aerolineas_AR and Austral. We reached an agreement between the pilots of both companies that puts an end to a history of uncovering within our flag airline. — Pablo Ceriani (@ceriani_pablo)
October 3, 2020

“We made a fundamental step for the concretion of the merger of Aerolíneas Argentinas y Austral. We reached an agreement between the pilots of both companies that puts an end to a history of meeting within our airline,” said Airline President Pablo Ceriani.Along with the merger, the company is developing a new business unit to provide aircraft maintenance to other companies and industry players with independent logic. >

Ceriani said they will take advantage of the company’s “reputation for security, the international certifications it has, and the infrastructure it owns.”

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