The website of low-cost airline Flybondi has been non-operational since Tuesday, marking the latest incident in the company’s ongoing operational crisis that has persisted since early 2026. On Wednesday, the site exhibited a “403 Error – The request could not be satisfied” message. Sources indicated that the company ascribed the outage to a failure of its primary server. The website represented the sole avenue for prospective customers to purchase tickets. Travel agencies have ceased to provide the airline’s services following a series of delays and cancellations. FailBondi, a site that monitors Flybondi’s cancelled flights, reports that the low-cost carrier has not conducted a single flight since August 6, resulting in 12 consecutive days of cancellations. The cancellation rate has surpassed 80% since the start of the month.
Data from Argentina’s National Civil Aviation Administration indicates that Flybondi transported only 13,639 passengers in July 2026, reflecting a staggering 95% decline from the 262,373 passengers recorded in July 2025. The decline is part of a broader downward trend. Flybondi transported 205,536 passengers in May 2025, in contrast to 70,863 in May 2026. Its share of the domestic market declined from 16% to 6%. The airline’s challenges extend well beyond issues of punctuality. Last week, a cohort of 700 displaced employees released a statement criticising a three-month postponement in their severance payments. On Friday, demonstrators gathered at the metropolitan Aeroparque airport in Buenos Aires City, highlighting that employees who continue with the carrier have not received their salaries for three months. “We learned the news after we couldn’t access the company email. The notice arrived five days later,” one protesting employee told C5N. “None of us received compensation. There are coworkers with health problems who lost their medical coverage for treatment; people are about to become parents and have no coverage.”
Flybondi has encountered significant operational challenges since the onset of 2026. According to the source, the airline cancelled 125 flights over two weeks in January, resulting in approximately 22,000 passengers being stranded at airports nationwide. At that time, Flybondi cited technical issues with two aircraft and delays in the deployment of four new planes as the reasons for the disruption. However, according to FailBondi, the company averaged nearly 19 active aircraft per day in January. In recent weeks, the average has decreased to merely three operational aircraft per day. In July, Brazil’s aviation authority prohibited Flybondi from operating three routes within the country, following the confirmation of substantial operational delays.
It also ruled that the airline may not add destinations, increase flight frequencies, or expand its operations in Brazil until it demonstrates that regular service has been restored. In August, a court in Buenos Aires City mandated the seizure of Flybondi’s bank accounts following a request from the Customs Collection and Control Agency. This action is aimed at recovering tax debts accrued between March and June 2026, amounting to over ARS 1.4 billion (approximately US$9 million). ARCA’s assertions are in addition to the bankruptcy petitions submitted by Flybondi’s suppliers, amounting to over ARS 600 million.
