Argentina’s air traffic controllers announced a shutdown schedule that will affect domestic and international flights at various airports in the country over the coming weeks, during the high season for the end-of-year holidays.
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“Since the current authorities of EANA (Argentine Air Navigation Company) took office in 2024, they have shown brutal intransigence and a lack of dialogue, not only to resolve the salary issues of their workers, but also in the face of the serious operational situation that we have been denouncing, both issues remain unanswered,” ATEPSA said this Saturday in a statement.
The union decided to intensify a plan of action initiated in November after denouncing the breach of previously signed agreements and the lack of responses to their salary and operational demands.
The strike measures will affect departures of domestic flights at various airports throughout the country and will take place at predetermined times next Wednesday, Thursday, and Tuesday the 23rd.
Compañeras y compañeros,
ante la falta de respuestas de EANA, a partir del 17 de diciembre continúan las medidas legítimas de acción sindical, afectando vuelos nacionales e internacionales en todos los aeropuertos del país.Desde hace meses denunciamos la ausencia de diálogo,… pic.twitter.com/NE23pUgU6S
— ATEPSA (@ATEPSA_Nacional) December 13, 2025
On Saturday, December 27, international flights throughout the country will also be affected, while on Monday the 29th, all aviation at all airports will be compromised.
ATEPSA clarified that the measures will only affect departures, with restriction of authorizations on the ground and without reception or transmission of flight plans during strike hours, and specified that emergency, sanitary, humanitarian, state, and search and rescue operations will be exempt.
Among the main demands of the union are the reinstatement of workers dismissed without cause in airports with staff shortages, the revision of the amount for refreshments and career path, the response to more than 60 operational claims, and the reopening of the wage negotiations.
The union warned about the deterioration of purchasing power in a context of growing air operations.
These situations were raised more than three months ago without obtaining answers. Given the constant growth of air operations, the salary situation is distressing, they said, adding that many workers must have two or three jobs to make ends meet.
The Ministry of Labor has set a new hearing for next Wednesday, with the aim of trying to unlock the conflict and avoid further harm to passengers.
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