The Government enables a new company to provide ramp service

The Government enabled a second company – in addition to the Flybondi and Airlines airlines – to give the ramp service in the 16 airports of the country. This is the FLY SEG NATIONAL CAPITAL SIGNATURE which already gave other services, such as counters.

The authorization, published in the Official Gazette, has a period of 15 years and was possible after the deregulation of the air sector that faces the current administration of Javier Milei. Fly Seg and the Uruguayan Air Class -the other company that had been enabled – will compete with the state intercargowhich for years was the only firm that could offer the “handling” service, as it is called in the jargon of the sector.

The handling service consists of all assistance to the airplanes, which includes the Push Back maneuvers, placement of the stairs for the shipment and disembarkation of passengers, and the management of the loading and discharge of luggage, among others Functions.

Fly Seg, who operates in the sector 10 years ago and lends services in 7 countries, It foresees investments in machinery to begin in the new item, as reported by the Ministry of Transportation.

You can provide ramp in Aeroparque, Ezeiza and at the airports of Tucumán, Córdoba, Salta, San Carlos de Bariloche, Rosario, Mendoza, Jujuy, Posadas, Iguazú, Corrientes, Calafate, Ushuaia, Chapelco, Neuquén.

The business opening to new companies cut the dominant position of Intercargo, whose workers are framed in Two of the aeronautical guilds that oppose the “Open Skies” policy of Milei: The Association of Aeronautical Personnel (APA), headed by Edgardo Llano, and the Union of Superior Personnel (UPSA), whose general secretary is Rubén Fernández.

In that context, the two unions They promoted several of the more than 20 force measures That the aeronautical guilds made between August and October last year, which affected tens of thousands of passengers.