Argentina commercial air traffic halted by one-day general strike
A nationwide strike action will shut down much of Argentina’s air travel capabilities Sept. 25, as aviation-sector employees are expected to join the country’s public transportation and port workers in a full-day protest called by Argentina’s major labor unions. As of 6 p.m. EST Sept. 24, at least 440 flights have been preemptively canceled, with Aerolineas Argentinas and its domestic subsidiary Austral Lineas Aereas bearing the brunt of the work stoppage, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The general strike is in response to Argentinian president Mauricio Macri’s Aug. 29 announcement that the country had entered into a $50b loan agreement with the IMF, a relief package intended to help the country’s recessionary problems, but is expected to come with the price of severe austerity measures.<br/>
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Argentina commercial air traffic halted by one-day general strike
A nationwide strike action will shut down much of Argentina’s air travel capabilities Sept. 25, as aviation-sector employees are expected to join the country’s public transportation and port workers in a full-day protest called by Argentina’s major labor unions. As of 6 p.m. EST Sept. 24, at least 440 flights have been preemptively canceled, with Aerolineas Argentinas and its domestic subsidiary Austral Lineas Aereas bearing the brunt of the work stoppage, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. The general strike is in response to Argentinian president Mauricio Macri’s Aug. 29 announcement that the country had entered into a $50b loan agreement with the IMF, a relief package intended to help the country’s recessionary problems, but is expected to come with the price of severe austerity measures.<br/>
