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Hundreds of flights cancelled as Argentinian air travel workers take strike action

HUNDREDS of flights have been cancelled and dozens of others rescheduled due to air travel workers in Argentina staging a 24-hour nationwide strike for better wages.

Most of the country’s more than 50 airports remained open on Wednesday, but airlines had to axe hundreds of flights. 

At Ezeiza international airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, only low-cost company Flybondi and American Airlines were able to operate.

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