
Flybondi Argentina hasn't flown in 12 days - is bankruptcy finally here?
Flybondi, Argentina's first ultra-low-cost carrier, has effectively stopped operating without a formal bankruptcy declaration:
- No flights since August 6: 12 consecutive days grounded (source, in Spanish)
- Website down: flybondi.com now returns a 504 Gateway Timeout, reportedly due to a main server crash.
- Accounts frozen: Argentine federal courts ordered freezes on the airline's bank accounts this month over unpaid tax and social security debts to ARCA (Argentina's tax authority), exceeding 1.5 billion pesos across at least six separate enforcement actions. (source, in English)
- ~2,400 flights canceled in 2026 so far, affecting roughly 383,000 passengers, per tracking site FailBondi. (source, in Spanish)
- No refunds since January for cancelled flights, despite this being a legal requirement, estimated unpaid liability north of $19M USD. (source, in Spanish)
- 700+ former employees unpaid on severance for 3+ months; remaining staff owed June/July salaries plus mid-year bonus; employer contributions lapsed, cutting off health coverage for staff and ex-staff as of Aug 6. (source, in Spanish)
- Multiple creditors have filed bankruptcy petitions, though Flybondi has not officially confirmed entering bankruptcy proceedings. (source, in Spanish)
Image OC, taken by myself on October 16, 2024 at AEP, Buenos Aires. Tail LV-KAH, half Flybondi livery, half Sunwing.