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ANAC Also Freezes Flybondi Accounts Over Nearly $1.5 Billion Debt

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentina’s civil aviation regulator obtained an attachment on Flybondi’s accounts over 1.464 billion pesos in unpaid security fees dating back to March.
  • Interest and legal costs bring the amount sought in the ANAC case to more than 2 billion pesos, while the airline also faces a separate ARCA debt claim.
  • ANAC has cited Flybondi’s high number of cancellations but said its operational safety requirements remain satisfied.

Flybondi is facing another seizure of its bank accounts, this time over 1.464 billion pesos in unpaid security fees owed to Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration, or ANAC. The debt has accumulated since March and adds to a separate tax-related enforcement action involving the country’s revenue and customs agency, ARCA.

ANAC is seeking payment for six invoices issued for different periods. The first, for 467.4 million pesos, fell due on March 10. The following invoices were for 416.9 million, 136.6 million, 94.9 million, 252.1 million and 96.2 million pesos, with due dates running from April through August. The regulator has provisionally added 585 million pesos for interest and legal costs, putting the total amount covered by the requested attachment above 2 billion pesos.

The agency first demanded payment through a formal letter delivered on July 21. After Flybondi failed to pay, it initiated legal proceedings. The case is before Federal Court for Tax Enforcement No. 5, headed by Judge Elías Alfredo Tapia.

The company complies with the requirements of current regulations on operational safety, and the conditions necessary for its operation are guaranteed.

· ANACThe regulator said Flybondi’s service problems did not amount to an operational-safety risk.

The financial dispute comes as ANAC also scrutinizes the airline’s cancellations. In early August, it demanded an action plan to address the high number of canceled flights, while ruling out measures that could disrupt operations. The agency said Flybondi met current operational-safety regulations and that the conditions needed to continue flying were in place. It nevertheless issued two new reports covering cancellations in June and July, involving more than 20 flights in one period and more than 100 in the other.

Official sources said Argentine law does not allow the precautionary suspension of ticket sales or operations by companies that hold valid authorization. They said such a measure could violate the constitutional right to conduct commercial activity. Brazil took a different approach, suspending Flybondi ticket sales for flights to Rio de Janeiro, Florianópolis, Maceió and Salvador because of rising cancellations and reduced operations.

could affect the exercise of the right to conduct a commercial activity, violating the National Constitution

· Official sourcesOfficials explained why Argentina did not suspend Flybondi’s ticket sales or operations.
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