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The operator AA2000 wants to close El Palomar and "studies" to suspend Aeroparque

2020-04-24T09:22:13.134Z


Asks to concentrate flights in Ezeiza while the pandemic lasts. The "low cost" could make a presentation against.


Luis Ceriotto

04/23/2020 - 23:03

  • Clarín.com
  • Economy

The concessionaire Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 asked the government to "temporarily close" the El Palomar airport , arguing that the flight restrictions have left them with "drastically reduced income" and announced that it is also "studying" the probable temporary closure Aeroparque, to consolidate all metropolitan flights at Ezeiza airport.

The claim of the company headed by Martín Eurnekian was formulated before the Airport System Regulatory Agency (ORSNA), which reports to the Ministry of Transportation. The official body has not yet ruled. "The issue is under evaluation in the technical areas," sources at the agency said. 

As for AA2000, he based his request that "his income has been drastically reduced." Through a press release, he noted that "in the face of the challenges posed by the paralysis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the restriction of flights, (the concessionaire) has requested the Regulatory Agency of the National Airport System (ORSNA) to temporary closure of the El Palomar airport, and the transfer of its operations to Ezeiza. The decision and the duration of this measure will be determined by the corresponding authorities, "the statement added.

The qualification of the El Palomar airport as the third air station for commercial flights of large aircraft in the metropolitan area was an emblem of the deregulation of the sector carried out by former President Mauricio Macri and who was his Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Dietrich. Until the closing of the flights, El Palomar had been operating as the base of the two "low cost" airlines that operate in the local market, Flybondi and JetSmart.

In addition, the operation of this air station is the subject of a judicial case that is still open: the time restriction of flights, between the last hours of the day and the dawn of the following day, which was decided by the federal judge Martina Pons and which had been appealed by the government previous.

From business sources it emerged that there could be a claim through administrative channels against the AA2000 request. In addition, a document in which the airport administrator was requesting the Government to "definitively" close, and not "temporary", as it disclosed tonight, of this airport, was disclosed.

In any case, the press release is eloquent on the position of AA2000, both on El Palomar and on an eventual temporary closure of Aeroparque. "The Buenos Aires metropolitan area has three airports with regular commercial flights (Ezeiza, Aeroparque and El Palomar). Today the company is arbitrating the studies to make a similar request regarding Aeroparque , and thus consolidate all operations in Ezeiza during the pandemic until regular operations are allowed again. "

"There are no regular flights to El Palomar today, except for a few sporadic repatriation flights," the statement added. "The temporary transfer would improve the distribution of passengers within the terminal, facilitating the recommended distance and thus collaborating with their care and protection. Additionally, Ezeiza is better prepared to carry out all the sanitary controls that the protocol requires Today, El Palomar does not have the capacity to comply with the social distancing and controls necessary to confront COVID-19. "

Source: clarin

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