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The Chamber of Airlines of Argentina (Jurca) expressed in a statement its “great concern at the aggravation of two situations that affect our operation”. The Chamber, which brings together more than 95% of the scheduled commercial air operations of domestic and foreign airlines operating in Argentina, warned specifically of two situations.
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First, “the impossibility of importing inputs for the daily operation of businesses. These are Inputs categorized “Without Currency Transfer” and “Non-Onerous Title”, such as Airline Tickets, labels of all kinds for luggage, communication and computer equipment, elements for catering , aircraft spare parts, Materials for Ramp Operation, Drugs and equipment for detecting explosive substances, etc. “All stopped without explanation due to the non-approval of the Argentine Republic’s Imports System and Payment for Services Abroad (Sirase). We communicated through different means with the authorities, but without success or opening of any channel of communication”; manifested Philippe BaravalleExecutive Director of the Chamber.
The second point is the “imminent possibility” that the airports in which the companies operate “will cease to have the Electric Shock Detection and Alarm Service”, which they also attribute to Sirase, for not authorizing the representative local to make payments abroad. provider that provides this service in different countries.
“The absence of this modern service and its cutting-edge technology (which obtains weather information through the network of 50 sensing stations across the country), would mean going back in time to five years ago and reverting to an operation commercial aviation that is more expensive, unsafe, slow and with more delays for passengers,” the statement from Jurca said.
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“Since its commissioning, airlines and ramp, fuel, security and other supplier personnel have had an alarm system in each airport (in addition to the audible and visual alarm systems on the platform linked to their mobile phones, which is now considered vital to airport security,” Baravalle explained.
This service was tendered by EANA (Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea, a public company) in 2018. The winner was Mardet SRL, which operates with technology from Earth Network, an American company. The service essentially allows the proximity and danger (or distance and harmlessness) of lightning, precipitation, or other signs of inclement weather to be specified, so that those operating ground services can work safely and disrupt their tasks due to false alarms due to judgment alone. Disruptions due to false alarms make flight operations more expensive and delay, sometimes leading to unnecessary flight delays, which in turn can lead to operational congestion.
The fact is that, since last November, Eana has not authorized payments from the operator (Mardet SRL) to the international provider, which has already warned of a possible service cut. The problem is surely linked to the narrow administration of the scarce foreign currencies available to the Central Bank.
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“Unfortunately, since November 2022, authorization for these payments has been denied by the National Secretary of Commerce, without any explanation or proper understanding of the resulting impact on our industry. We want to anticipate to users and service providers airports that, if this service ceases, we will operate without the security that this technology offers us today”, underlined Baravalle.
The statement points out that the activity of the airlines grouped in Jurca “allows us to trade and export quickly with the world, with great impact at national, regional and international level” and underlines that the industry “with enormous efforts is recovering from the pandemic after losses of a million dollars”, which is why it must “continue to generate work and to invest for the future of a better country under the conditions of predictability and security of which our passengers and regulators need and demand”.
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