Government to reduce airport fees for regional flights

The government will reduce by 56% the cost of airport fees for regional flights, expand the radius of action out of the country from 300 to 1,000 kilometers starting next May.

The measure formalized yesterday by a resolution of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) reduces the cost of royalties, since the $ 4.42 paid per pbadenger on flights aboard flights to 300 kilometers are now spread in 700 more kilometers.

In addition, the resolution establishes that this rate will be reduced by 50% in the first year for regional flights operating new routes, with which the cost to the pbadenger will be $ 2.21.

Reducing the costs of airport charges directly benefits the pbadenger because Today, a return flight between Buenos Aires and Porto Alegre, for example, costs $ 386 in February, of which 118 are taxes and fees. Of these $ 118, 20 corresponded to the airport tax, which will be reduced to $ 8.84 as of May 10.

"What we have done is to extend the range of kilometers for the payment of regional fare, with which there will be many more destinations, more airports where Argentineans will travel, who will pay a fare more than 56% cheaper, "he said. the owner of the ANAC, Tomás Insausti, a Telam.

"In addition, the measure will encourage the operation of 47 new routes requested by nine companies in recent years, because not only the value of the tariff will be reduced, but also in the first 12 months, 50%," he said.

Insausti explained that with this new resolution, "connectivity is favored" between the provinces and countries of the region, with what Its goal is to increase the number of flights to Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

"Cabotage has grown and we must take steps to reduce the costs of regional flights and thus encourage the development of new routes linking the provinces to neighboring countries," he said.

The measure will come into effect from May 10 and will currently benefit from the reduction of tariff 14 regional links: Buenos Aires-Porto Alegre, Córdoba-Asunción, Córdoba-Punta del Este, Córdoba-Santiago de Chile, Mendoza-La Serena, Neuquén-Santiago de Chile, Rosario-Punta del Este, The Palomar-Punta del Este, Tucumán-Santiago of Chile, Salta-Santa Cruz of the Sierra, Salta-Iquique, Salta-Asunción, Rosario-Porto Alegre, Rosario-Santiago of Chile.

According to the resolution, airport taxes amounted to $ 10 for international flights, $ 4.42 for regional flights, which now cover up to 1,000 kilometers outside. from the border, and 20 pesos for domestic flights. .