Hugo Olazar
07/08/2021 12:01
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 07/08/2021 12:01
The new restrictions due to the pandemic brought the limit of people who can enter per day from outside the country from 2,000 to 600 and led to
rescheduling and cancellation
of hundreds of flights that operate through Ezeiza Airport.
The measure seeks to stop the entry of the
Delta variant
of Covid into the country.
Since the decree that expires this Friday is in force,
private flights
between Argentina and Paraguay have increased
, admitted sources from the Migration Directorate of the neighboring country in Asunción.
According to official data accessed by
Clarín
, so far this year there have been
96
small aircraft
trips
that connected the Paraguayan capital with our country.
But 49 of them,
51%, were between June 26 and July 6
.
In other words, in the last 10 days there were more than half of the flights for the semester.
"In the area of Migration Movement there
is an increase
, especially in recent days since the restriction of the number of passengers in Ezeiza," a spokeswoman for Migrations of Paraguay, led by María de los Angeles Arriola, told this newspaper.
Most flights depart from San Fernando Airport.
"From 49 flights to Paraguay from January to June 25, it went to 20 flights from June 26 to date," said the spokeswoman for the distribution, Lilian González Ortega, adding: "In total amount it is not much but the increase is noticeable "..
In the last ten days, half of the private flights of the entire semester between Argentina and Paraguay were registered.
Many Argentines make use of private flights to
avoid the trap imposed on flights abroad
.
The bridgehead used is the "Silvio Pettirossi" international airport of Asunción.
Of the 49 flights in the last ten days, 20 were from Argentina to Paraguay and 29 from the neighboring country to ours.
180 people
traveled in them
, 74 left and 106 entered.
The modus operandi is the contract for small planes that land in the Paraguayan capital so that passengers can take their commercial flights to other destinations, confirmed to
Clarín
Douglas Cubillas, the president of Paraguay's National Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DINAC).
He acknowledged that only two Aerolineas Argentinas flights are expected in July and that Paranair flights were practically canceled.
"This is for the worse. There are no conditions to improve," said the official.
"Escape route"
On Sunday, Clarín gave an account of the "escape route" to Paraguay due to the flight trap.
"In Paraguay, entry is completely free as long as they comply with the sanitary protocols to enter Paraguay. There is no restriction for Argentines, not even quarantine. It is only required to have a negative PCR 72 hours before the flight. The traveler also has to have a sworn statement. It is completed 24 hours before on the website of the Ministry of Health, "said Cubillas in an interview with this newspaper.
A private flight to Paraguay costs approximately $ 100,000 per person, as this newspaper was able to find out.
Among the four largest private flight companies in Argentina are
Pacific Ocean, Baires Fly, Flyzar
and
Aerorutas
.
Both commercial and private lines must be previously authorized by the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC).
From the companies, they point out that, these days, the authorization of the aeronautical authority usually takes 48 hours or a little more (a flight plan and the papers corresponding to the domain and status of the plane are presented) and that it is
subject to air quota 600 people per day
(a minimum band is covered, which is what remains free of the 600).
The average number of transfers on private flights (each with less than 9 passengers) is between
20 and 30 passengers
per day.
From
Pacific Ocean
, they said that 80% of passengers who travel on private flights of the fleet do so to get vaccinated in the United States.
Among those who traveled in a pandemic there are from soccer players to businessmen in the automotive sector.
Assumption. Correspondent
MG