“Our Bolivian airline is already carrying out its first flight to Asunción, Paraguay (…). “We are providing new itineraries so that our passengers can use this important route,” the authority said.
He reported that the flight will be inaugurated on the 18th of the current month from Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz, departing at approximately 08:30 Bolivian time and returning to the country at approximately 16:00 time. .
To fly this new international route, according to Montaño, the BoA will have a Boeing 737 aircraft with 130 passengers, and the round-trip ticket will cost about $400.
He reiterated that the new international route will initially always depart from Viru Viru on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
With Asunción, BoA now has eight international flights: Havana, Caracas, Lima, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Madrid and Miami.
BoA sources said this company manages two other new itineraries to Santiago de Chile and Bogotá, Colombia.
The General Director of the BoA, Rónald Casso, explained to Prensa Latina that all the connectivity that Caracas and Havana offers from Viru Viru with Argentina, Lima and Sao Paulo will contribute to the dream of making this airport a real hub. or concentration point.
“We will bring passengers from South America, concentrate them in Viru Viru and take them to Europe, the United States and the Caribbean, creating more intense movement over our airport in Santa Cruz,” he said.
BoA began operations in 2007 with a single aircraft and currently operates 100 to 115 flights daily and carries 17,000 passengers per day.
According to the authorities of the Plurinational State, the new routes have a positive impact on strengthening Bolivia's integration and cooperation with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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