They are already expanding the airport El Palomar, which from November will receive international flights – 07/07/2018

Five days after finishing six months as the third largest airport in the metropolitan area, work on a new terminal began in El Palomar. This is a 302 square meter building that will add two more boarding gates to accommodate more flights, where only one airline operates today: Flybondi

In turn, the Department of Transport prepares another job to convert the former air base into an international terminal – in especially for regional flights – and announced that November will begin operations in Chile, since two airlines have requested this route.

Today the machines only operate 100 meters from the current terminal, inaugurated on 9 February with the first flight of Flybondi that should have landed in Ezeiza for climatic reasons, and a few hours later, it took off from El Palomar in Cordoba. According to the Ministry of Transport of the Nation, the new "satellite terminal" will have a boarding room complementary to the current one, which will allow the other two additional doors (3 and 4), more sanitary and a sector for gastronomic premises. 19659006] This extension is different from the one announced at the end of last year, which consisted of three steps and is currently pending. The first was the current temporary terminal, then a remodeling of the hangars was planned and eventually a future terminal of another billion dollars.

In the small terminal activated in February -administraciones Aeropuertos Argentina 2000-, operates only Flybondi . During the first few weeks, the airline had complications due to a single aircraft, to which climatic differences were added to Aeroparque. However, he already has five planes and flies to 12 destinations in El Palomar.

On Sunday, he added the route of the new airport to Iguazú. As stated in the company have transported more than 240 thousand pbadengers and "20% fly for the first time in his life."

In addition to reaching a new destination, the low-cost airline this week received the news I was expecting: eliminating minimum prices in tickets to offer cheaper tickets as requested since he started flying to El Palomar.

But according to the government, Flybondi will not be alone much longer in El Palomar. Palomar. JetSmart and Sky from Chile could start flying from the west to the interior of the country and to Santiago de Chile. "JetSmart has requested a series of routes from Santiago de Chile to various cities in the interior of the country, including El Palomar, for which they have set a date from November," Tomás said. Insausti, head of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) at Telam. In addition, Flybondi has announced that it will visit Montevideo, Punta del Este and Asunción

While work is progressing in the "satellite terminal", which costs $ 7 million and are offered by AA2000, they provide already another extension and readjustment. from the current terminal for $ 40 million, a mandatory step to convert El Palomar into an international airport.

It plans to double the capacity of the airport security police, create a place for a scanner plus control and a new sector for migration and customs, the mandatory requirements for the exit and the entry of the country. In addition, the project includes three new check-in counters which would carry this service from five to eight, in a building of 815 square meters.

After the beginning of the works, the Mayor of Morón, said Ramiro Tagliaferro: "The airport of El Palomar is bound to what we want: progress and put Morón back on the pages of the l. history next to the aeronautical revolution. "

Flybondi: two new destinations ticket offers with up to 40% discount

A few hours before the decision was known Government Government to eliminate minimum prices in cabotage air pbadages, Flybondi created two other air routes from El Palomar: Iguazú Sunday and Santiago del Estero on Monday.

At the same time, after the official announcement, the low-cost airline announced that it would be able to offer tickets at 40% less than the current ones, and in specific promotions, the reduction could reach up to 70%. But in addition, already asked the National Administration of Civil Aviation (ANAC) eight other roads of El Palomar in the interior of the country while making sure from here the end of the year begins to fly to international destinations Uruguay and Paraguay.

"The flights to Puerto Iguazú will have a daily frequency and Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays, two frequencies.The tickets will cost per section from $ 890," says the company, while Santiago del Estero offers four weekly flights

From El Palomar Flybondi was already flying to the cities of Córdoba, Bariloche, Mendoza, Corrientes, Salta, Jujuy, Neuquen, Posadas, Bahía Blanca and Tucumán

On the other hand, after the elimination of the ceiling rates the government has formalized, Flybondi was optimistic because, from the beginning of his operations, he demanded the . Of this regulation [19659005""Ceseratrèsbénéfiquepourlaconnectivitéletourismeetleséconomiesrégionalespuisquemaintenanttoutlemondeauraaccèsauxprixréelsetàfaiblecoûtquandilssontachetésàl'advance"point-ilsdansl'entrepriseetontaffirméqu'ilsserontenmesuredebaisserleurstarifsde40%Today'huiuntronçonàBarilocheestoffertà1238$$etSaltaà1089

In addition, they note that the most anticipated at the time & And on specific offers – which depend on several factors – they could sell tickets up to 70 With the fifth plane in the air, the company badured that it had two more on the way, and before the end of the year, they will fly to the first regional destinations (Montevideo and Punta del Este, Uruguay; Assumption of Paraguay). The company has 85 approved air routes, 33 from El Palomar, which it already uses 12. And asked eight more to the ANAC

Question Environmental Impact Studies

L & # Claudia Sambro Merlo's lawyer, representing neighbors who oppose the operation of the airport advertising, has asked Federal Judge Ariel Lijo the nullity of the environmental impact studies conducted to allow commercial flights to the base of El Palomar. According to the petitioners, they were signed by a "falsified and non-existent" registration holder.

In the presentation, he stated that the author and signatory of the environmental impact studies was not registered with the OPDS. since he "signed with a counterfeit registration number."

According to the presentation, the signer "has had no sound impact", and therefore understands that "he does not have the professional aptitude and is not qualified to endorse a environmental study ", whose main focus is the impact of aircraft noise pollution. Neighbors who oppose commercial flights seek justice to suspend flights.