Overview
- ATE had called a 48‑hour stoppage for Thursday and Friday with two daily protest windows that would have hit more than 27 ANAC‑managed airports and limited guaranteed flights to medical, humanitarian, official and organ‑transfer services.
- The national government issued a formal ultimatum requiring at least 75% of normal aviation services under the law that treats commercial aviation as essential and directed ANAC to inspect and sanction noncompliance.
- Facing the intimatum, ATE suspended the action on Thursday pending a Ministry of Labor hearing while warning it will reactivate the strike from Monday if the meeting is not held or yields no progress.
- Despite the postponement, ANAC inspections are under way and some localized disruption was reported at Mendoza’s El Plumerillo airport where multiple flights were delayed or one was canceled.
- The dispute centers on unpaid additional salary items since January, the reopening of sectoral collective bargaining and more funding for operational areas such as airport firefighting and fiscalization, issues that will be central to the labor hearing.