General Strike April 30th and US Airlines
 

Pilots unions are striking but that is only going to affect AR/AU and other Argentine airlines, not foreign ones. Also, air traffic control is an essential service according to Argentine law, so controllers are not allowed to strike.

Your only concern might be baggage handling, as Intercargo unions are still uncertain about striking.

The unions of bus drivers and of railway staff are not striking, i.e. buses and commuter trains will operate as usual on April 30th*. Only the Subte in Buenos Aires will be affected by the strike.

*Note that buses and trains are striking on May 1st, which is a national holiday.

I've never heard of lounges being closed during strikes (I even doubt lounge dragons are unionised). There are rumours that the largest unions will do a movilización, i.e. a political rally, on April 30th, but whether it will happen and the location is still uncertain. My impression is that they will most possibily rally either in Congreso or in Plaza de Mayo. If this happens, of course traffic in that area will be affected. Also bear in mind that the Subte people are striking, so many users will shift to their private cars for their daily commute, which will also impact on traffic, and it's probably going to be harder to find a taxi or Uber.

While it is wise to consider alternate travel plans when these strikes are announced, please remember that there is also the chance that these get called off (or postponed) last minute. Conciliacion Obligatoria is a legal tool that the Regulators have and is widely used to suspend strikes while further negotiations are in place.

For folks traveling during these periods, its wise to keep a close leash of updates so that you can act accordingly.

Does anybody have an update on the EZE bound flights from the US for this evening...? I have a client that is ticketed from MIA tonight and he is wondering if AA may cancel flights because of the strike tomorrow. My guess is that this is a long shot, firstly because the strike is not supposed to cripple ATC operations, and specifically in the case of American, they have a separate ground handling company here so they are usually one of the least affected carriers.... of course not 100% safe but they are certainly better off than the other US airlines.

The local press hasn't announced any cancellations at this time... if anybody up North has news on this, please let us know.... ^

We're supposed to be flying home on AA 996 to DFW on the 30th, just got notice from AA of the travel waiver to change flights. But there's nothing available to get out today. AA still doesn't show the flight as cancelled. Does anyone have any more info on AA flights in these types of situations? If they usually operate or get cancelled? Or consolidate into one ect?

I can't speak specifically for AA, but I recall that northbound flights have been delayed to depart after midnight, when a strike day is over.

looks like aa 996 was delayed from 7:50 to 9:10, so switched over to aa 992 eze-lax that is still on time at 9:13pm

I have a client that's on AA's early flight out of MIA and the flight was ontime last I checked. The info I have from MIA is that AA is operating normally, but that UA and DL have both cancelled their flights to EZE. I don't have the flight numbers handy.

Taxis will still work. But road closures or traffic delays due to protests on the street or jams on the highways can have an impact even when the city becomes relatively sleep on the whole for or in anticipation of a holiday.

UA's EZE to IAH and EZE to EWR are cancelled for tonight. You should call up UA or go online with them to see what re-booking options they may give you.

My client arrived today, business as usual. He tells me that all AA flights ex USA to EZE arrived as planned.

AM reprogrammed its flight to arrive at 00:01,with departure delayed to a couple hours afterward.