(13 Sep 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 13 September 2024
1. A passanger arrives at Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires
2. Various of a screen with canceled flights
3. Various of passengers rebooking their flights
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mario Valero, Spanish tourist:
"The truth is that we didn’t find out about the strike today. We came from Iguazu (falls), we are doing a route through Argentina, and we were flying to Calafate to see the Perito Moreno (glacier). We have been saving for a year to be able to go, and we have found this mess, and we found out now, and they are relocating us now to see what solution they give us but we have already lost the night in the hotel, and tomorrow we had the visit to the Perito Moreno, and we have already lost that, I suppose we won’t get that back and neither will the time."
5. Various of passengers rebooking their flights
ARGENTINA PRESIDENCY
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 13 September 2024
6. Argentina Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Adorni, Argentina Presidential spokesperson:
"Based on all that we are telling you, we are going to fine and sanction those who strike today. In addition, three pilots from Aerolíneas Argentinas – you already have this information – were fired for refusing to fly an airplane, and today, the president (Javier Milei) will be signing the regulation of article 182 of the DNU (Necessity and Urgency Decree) that establishes the guidelines to declare civil and commercial aviation as an essential service."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 13 September 2024
8. Luggage gets backed up at Jorge Newbery Airport due to luggage workers holding a temporary work stoppage
9. Brazilian passengers try to book a hotel room
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Emanuel Janota, Brazilian tourist:
"Our flight with Aerolineas Argentinas was canceled from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, and we cannot change our ticket. We went after another company, Jet Smart, to buy another flight but they are also on strike and we are not able to get there and our trip is already short, it is 7 days so maybe until we lose the trip and have to return to Brazil"
11. A photo of Lionel Messi and other Argentine players at the airport
12. A passenger
13. Valerica Barrocal with her daughters, waiting to rebook their flight
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Valerica Barrocal, Argentine local tourist:
"I already paid for one more night (in a hotel), and now I would have to pay for another night in a destination that I am not interested in, which is Buenos Aires. In addition, I am with my two daughters. I really understand the complaint, but I think there are other ways to make complaints."
15. Aerolineas Argentina airplanes
STORYLINE:
Amid a prolonged confrontation with President Javier Milei, two unions representing pilots and cabin crew of Aerolíneas Argentinas airline began a 24-hour strike on Friday, demanding salary increases that caused the cancellation of more than 300 flights.
The government announced it would declare civil and commercial aeronautics an essential service to prevent future flight cancellations.
The strike that began at noon was led by the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA) and the Argentine Association of Flight Attendants (AAA), unions that blame the state airline for an uncompromising stance in salary negotiations to compensate for the loss of purchasing power due to inflation.
Meanwhile, another union that represents ramp service personnel plans to hold a working assembly that would affect assistance on the runway for the different airlines.
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