Flights: Argentina is much further than Buenos Aires – 3×1: 4

Argentina, we all know, is a distant country for the rest of the world. And the rest of Argentina, which is not Buenos Aires, is even further away. Argentina is a far away country, more than far away, for people who are considering coming. These people think it very well, they think twice, because there are a lot of flight hours (when there were flights).

I have four points that explain the isolation of almost all of Argentina. First: the pandemic crippled flights around the world, but the world gradually flew again. Anyone who looks at the apps that exist to see flights in real time will find that the globe is full of little yellow planes flying all over the place.

Argentina is one of the great aerial deserts that the world has today; one of the few aerial deserts the world has today. Even if you look at the map of South America, you will find hundreds of planes in Chile, Peru, Brazil. However, we have very few.

Second: I was telling you that the world has gradually taken off. We are breaking the dollar, which isolated us from an economic standpoint, not just from a pandemic standpoint. It has become impossible for Argentines to travel again, but also, at the same time, given the flip side, it has become very cheap to come on vacation to Argentina. It is a great opportunity to attract tourists because today Argentina is very cheap for those who come with dollars. Well, those who would like to come cannot come, because there are no flights let alone flights to the rest of Argentina except Buenos Aires.

Third point: there is a serious problem which has dragged on for many years and which was very clearly reflected from the entry into office of the new government, namely the trade union mafia Aerolineas Argentinas, which overthrew several private companies that had started to fly with cheaper higher prices, with flights and schedules much more convenient than the airlines themselves. There were very few cheap flights left, at low price, because once again the monopoly of Aerolineas Argentinas has prevailed, which means that you have to travel expensive and badly.

The fourth point is linked to the third. This is the National Civil Aviation Administration, ANAC, which is responsible for authorizing flights and airports. It is only now, as a large concession, that Mendoza has activated and activated Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, for international flights. Cordoba was Argentina’s main international airport after Ezeiza. It is closed, it will remain so and there is no opening date. Sometimes flights left Cordoba for Madrid, San Pablo, Lima, Panama and Miami. I can continue to talk about the cities. Well, Cordoba is isolated. Luckily, planes come and go from Buenos Aires and some domestic flights to certain domestic destinations within the country. I insist, is it because the inhabitants of Cordoba vote against the government? Could it be because the ANAC boys are from Cámpora and there are indications of harming the inhabitants of Cordoba in particular? We are entitled to think this because there is no reasonable explanation to continue at this stage of the game where everything or almost everything has been normalized, so that Argentina’s main international airport after Ezeiza remains closed. Inexplicably closed.