08/07/2021 1:35 PM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 08/07/2021 1:35 PM
Paola Tamburelli
, head of the National Civil Aviation Administration (
ANAC)
, assured that after the publication of the new administrative decision that increases the daily quota of Argentine passengers who can return from abroad to 1,700, airlines will also be enabled to carry out of special flights to bring stranded passengers.
“We are proposing additional flights, to facilitate the return of those passengers who were on rescheduled flights and could not return to the country.
Whenever it merits (for the company) to put an additional plane ”, said Tamburelli.
The official, in any case, insisted on the official position that there are no Argentines stranded abroad.
"
We say that there are no stranded
because the people who traveled
did so knowing the restriction measures
that existed and that these could change not only in Argentina but in the rest of the world."
“In addition to the increase in quotas, for which we worked a lot,
we were interested in providing greater predictability,
because one of the questions that airlines always asked us, for the purposes of their schedules, was how long ahead they would be able to operate. The validity (of the previous administrative decisions) for 10 days
was a very short time,
”said Tamburelli, in statements to Radio Concept.
He added: “For this reason it was signed that, for the next two months, there will be a gradual increase in two stages.
One with
11,900 weekly seats
from this Saturday, which is equivalent to about
1,700 seats per day
from the 1,000 that we had been driving.
And from September 6 to October 1, the quota rises to
2,300 passengers per day,
with the opening of new airports, so that airlines can fly not only from Ezeiza, Aeroparque and San Fernando, but
from other provinces as well
.
This is a breakthrough, "he said.
Paola Tamburelli, head of the ANAC, with the head of Aerolineas Argentinas, Pablo Ceriani.
Photo: Aerolineas Argentinas press.
The official commented that during the morning of Saturday she held a meeting with the representatives
of all the airlines that fly from abroad
. “We will meet again throughout the weekend to put together the flight schedules based on these new conditions. They showed satisfaction although, of course, companies always
aspire not to have quotas and to be able to fly freely, something that we as an aeronautical authority would also like
. But as health continues to be a priority and the pandemic continues, it
is necessary that these measures also continue
”.
Tamburelli
ruled out
that the restrictions imposed by the Government on flights will generate
the departure of airlines from Argentina
. “The entire commercial aviation market is driven by an economic-financial equation. If it performs to the company, it flies. If it does not perform, it does not fly. This pandemic taught us that the economic impact was very strong, but that there were also other variables that companies managed. Many companies came to Argentina empty and left empty, but they wanted to keep the route.
They were interested in having a presence in our country
. Today they are very satisfied that they can refill their planes, or that they
can fill them a little more than before
”.
The official also confirmed that there will be space for both emergency quotas within the 1,700 authorized passengers per day, and so that special flights can be configured, in addition to that quota.
“It will seek to facilitate that those people who had to reschedule the passage back to the country due to health measures, to do so.
The companies of course are much happier because they see that they can give an answer to the passengers, who also pressured them ”, he said.
“Within the quota of 1,700 passengers per day, there are 100 passengers who can be prioritized for fundamentally emergency reasons, for health reasons, or family
, or athletes from Tokyo, who went to represent the country and had to have an insured return.
. All requests will be relieved and, within what they can prove as an emergency, these passengers will be prioritized within the quota ”.