Flights await Health endorsement to take off in October

The comprehensive protocol developed by Meoni's portfolio includes monitoring the passenger list to detect if an infected person has moved from one province to another and limitations on the on-board service. In addition, the aircraft would be sanitized with a product that instantly eliminates the suspension of the virus in the cabins. The only possibility of contagion would be word of mouth but there will be mandatory transfers with a mask. In the work table formed between Health, Transportation, ANAC and Airlines, the possibility of opening flights began to be explored as long as domestic tourism is enabled in the jurisdictions for the spring and summer season. But everything is tied to the evolution of the pandemic. Next Thursday, Alberto will receive infectologists and doctors who advise him to define how long the preventive and compulsory social isolation will continue, the last extension of which expires next Monday. Friday would be the announcement with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Axel Kicillof. To advance in the reopening of domestic flights, the experience of the special flights operated to and from Tierra del Fuego that were carried out in the last two months with crew, essential workers and internal returnees who did not suffer infections in the process of air transfer.

In Casa Rosada, in addition to the return of domestic flights, investment projection strategies were analyzed throughout the country and worked on proposals related to policies and incentives related to tourism and culture ; and the link with the provinces to strengthen national public policies. The meeting led by the Chief of Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero, and the Ministers of the Interior, Wado de Pedro; of Transport, Mario Meoni; of Education, Nicolás Trotta; of Culture, Tristán Bauer; of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens; the Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Cecilia Todesca Bocco; and the Secretary of Public Works, Martín Gill issues related to the organization, strategy and promotion of cultural activities, and comprehensive plans regarding airport infrastructures were also discussed.

After the meeting, Minister Meoni noted that "we are analyzing the investment projection at the federal level for the remainder of the year and for 2021, with the aim of putting Argentina on its feet and employing millions of people throughout the country." On the other hand, referring to the return of air flights, the minister said that the issue is constantly being analyzed. "We want to fly now, but the pandemic causes it to be postponed, we must see province by province, but we are working on a protocol plan for travelers to be able to set a date," Meoni explained. He added that "now we are thinking about the recomposition of cabotage", and he trusted that "there will be many flights before the summer, there are people who need to travel because it is difficult for them to get around".