The announcement comes on the same day that a new strike is underway in the country's aeronautical sector, which is causing delays and cancellations of flights in up to 27 airports in Argentina.

The Executive has begun talks with private Latin American companies to take over the operation of Aerolíneas Argentinas, according to information provided on Thursday by the spokesman for the Argentine Government, Manuel Adorni.

"In light of the persistent strikes called by the aviation unions, which affect nearly 40,000 passengers, the Government has begun talks with several private Latin American companies to take over Aerolíneas Argentinas in case extortion continues with this type of measures," he explained.

Early Thursday morning, part of Javier Milei's Cabinet met to "end the ongoing extortion of Aerolineas Argentinas unions," according to the Cabinet Office's account via 'X'.

The announcement comes on the same day that a new strike is underway in the country's aeronautical sector, which is causing delays and cancellations of flights in up to 27 airports in Argentina.

"This strike is taking place within the framework of dismissal actions, the process of transferring functions and all without any established framework for dialogue that would allow us to move through this stage without conflict," explained the general secretary of the State Workers Association (ATE), the largest union of public sector workers in Argentina, at the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), Marcelo Belelli.

However, the government has pointed out that the strike by public employees at airports does not affect flights, as it is a measure taken by state employees of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), which has no relation to the work of air traffic controllers or impact on operational safety at airports.