The government has reduced the aviation security rate for international flights

The government organized reduce the security rate by half for regional flights, in order to boost air traffic over distances of "short and medium".

The decision was taken by a resolution of National Administration of Civil Aviation (ANAC) published in the Official Journal.

The measurement will start to be applied only from May 10 then, and establishes that an international flight will be considered a flight whose distance traveled exceeds one thousand kilometers; in this case, the fee will be $ 10 per pbadenger on board.

At the same time, regional flights will be considered as those between points in Argentina and those in third countries in the region whose distance is less than or equal to one thousand kilometers; in this case, the rate will be $ 4.42.

"It is established that the rate will be 50% subsidized regional flights in the first twelve months of operation on routes that have not been operated in the last five years by any airline, "said ANAC.

On the flights of cabotage, the rate will be 20 pesos; in all cases, children under 3 years and diplomatic personnel will be exempted.

In addition, the agency has arranged for connecting pbadengers to make connections between cabotage flights, they will only have to pay once for the cabotage security rate, connecting pbadengers who are going to the outside of cabotage.

On the other hand, pbadengers transferring from abroad and making connections with another international flight, with a regional flight whose distance is less than or equal to one thousand kilometers, will not have to pay for it.

The executive branch recalled that Law 13.041 provides that contributions for services directly or indirectly related to the use of airports and the protection of flights and the administrative traffic related to air navigation will be "just and reasonable" and that, for its fixation, they will be: they must take into account "the needs of the services rendered, the development of the air navigation and the quality of the taxpayers".

In this context, he justified the rate reduction by stating that "the progress made redesign of airspace increased its capacity and efficiency, with purpose of promoting the connectivity of the country"

"In this context, it is appropriate to promote initiatives to continue the Expansion process of aeronautical activity, by encouraging both the number of operations of companies already operating in our country and encouraging the formation of new companies in the market, "he added.

For this reason, it considered it appropriate to "increase the traffic over short and medium distances between points in our country and points in third countries of the region".