The air traffic controllers’ strike planned for Thursday and Friday at airports across the country has been called off, the Human Capital Ministry announced. 

“Normal air navigation services are guaranteed throughout the national territory,” said the statement.

Meanwhile, aviation unions and companies will continue to negotiate, within the framework of discussions on salary increases and working conditions.

Flights will nonetheless be disrupted on Friday as a 24-hour strike to protest Milei’s labor reform will take place

The programmed strike for Saturday 28, Sunday 1, and Monday 2 continues “pending concrete progress in the negotiations,” said a communiqué by the Association of Air Navigation Protection and Security Technicians and Employees (ATEPSA).

Air controllers are demanding better salaries and working conditions, as well as protesting against layoffs carried out by the state-owned air navigation company, EANA.

The statement said that the decision to suspend the strike was “made towards a genuine dialogue to continue negotiations and move towards an agreement that addresses the demands we have been making.”

The new schedule is:

-Saturday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. for non-commercial flights

-Sunday between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. for domestic commercial flights

-Monday between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. for all flights