Overview
- The confrontation unfolded Friday at the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery arrivals access on Avenida Costanera Rafael Obligado and went viral after videos circulated on Oct. 14–15.
- Airport security police intervened and the City’s Unidad de Flagrancia Norte opened proceedings, requesting security-camera footage and witness statements to assign responsibility.
- Taxi union representative Mariano of the FNCT blamed deregulation and accused app drivers of waiting near arrivals, with the federation planning to meet the PSA to press for enforcement.
- App driver Ángel, who says he was struck, denied soliciting inside the terminal and described waiting across the street with the app active, citing lower app pricing as a draw for passengers.
- Apps are authorized at Aeroparque with designated pick-up points and taxis use a QR-based fixed-fare ticket system, though drivers on both sides dispute how consistently those rules are enforced and the melee briefly disrupted traffic.