Airport taxes are reduced and the passage from Cordoba will be cheaper to 3 international destinations:

The government will reduce the cost of airport taxes for regional flights by 56% by extending the country's 300 to 1,000 kilometer range outside of May, which will benefit more 250,000 pbadengers on 14 routes operated by different companies in the country.

The measure adopted by a resolution of the National Administration of Civil Aviation (ANAC) reduces the cost of royalties, because the $ 4.42 paid per pbadenger boarded on flights up to 300 km are now extended by 700 km.

In addition, the resolution provides that this tariff will be subsidized at 50% during the first year for regional flights operating new routes, for which the cost to the pbadenger will be $ 2.21.

Reducing the costs of airport taxes directly benefits the pbadenger, since today, a return flight between Buenos Aires and Porto Alegre costs 386 dollars to the workers, 118 of which correspond to 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 leader of the ANAC, Tomás Insausti, at 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 the aim of increasing 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 ANAC "continues the process of development of the aeronautical activity, promoting both the growth of the activities of airlines already present in our country and also encouraging the incorporation of new companies into the market, which connects Argentina with rest of the world. "he pointed

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