AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS IN BOLIVIATourism Travel Hotels Airlines Restaurants Agents Forums Things to Do Major airlines and online travel sites discounts and deals: Click on our Airfare Search Boxes and Cheap Flights and Deals page so you won't out on cheap flights and other sales. There are several ways you can go about looking for the best flights and prices to Bolivia. This is probably the most complicated and confusing part about planning your trip because there are so many options out there. You can contact one of our excellent Travel Agencies because, of course, they are the foremost experts on how to arrive here and keep in constant daily contact with all the airlines that have routes to Bolivia. Choose from Airlines that Fly to BoliviaLAN AIRLINES flies into Bolivia from Peru and Chile. LLOYD AEREO BOLIVIANO UPDATE April 2009: LAB is currently NOT operating - again. LAB used to carry 60 percent of all domestic passengers servicing most Bolivian cities, most major Latin American cities, and many other international destinations, including Miami. Read more here. AEROSUR is a rapidly growing domestic carrier that has added several international destinations (Buenos Aires, Sao Paolo, Madrid, Miami and others) during the past few years. It also offers full tour packages (including meals and accommodations), and several “passes” allowing passengers to fly now – pay later. It is now Bolivia's largest airline. AMASZONAS is another national carrier that provides local or charter flights on small aircraft. It recently signed an agreement with Aerosur and Aerocon to provide routes together under the name UNABOLIVIA. AMERICAN AIRLINES operates regular flights out of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz to and from Miami and other destinations. AEROCON is one of Bolivia's better national airlines. It operates smaller aircraft so it can provide routes to smaller cities and towns. Now part of UNABOLIVIA along with Amaszonas and Aerosur. TRANSPORTES AEREOS MILITARES is a Bolivian military airline that provides regular civilian flights to many cities and towns in Bolivia, frequently with much lower fares. AEROLÍNEAS SUDAMERICANAS is a new Bolivian airline that was to have begun operating on March 3, 2008. However, their phones and website don't work yet. We'll post more information soon. LAN AIRLINES flies into Bolivia from Peru and Chile. Don't miss the deals on this page. TACA also has flights to South America. Be sure to check out Taca's E-speciales COPA AIRLINES began providing flights between Panama and Santa Cruz, Bolivia in December 2008. For US flights it is affiliated with Continental airlines. Click here to find the best fares on Air France Canada. AIRLINE NEWS ABOUT BOLIVIA29 APRIL 2009: AEROSUR, AEROCON AND AMASZONAS CREATE UNABOLIVIA National airlines Aerocon and Amaszonas and International Airline Aerosur announced today that they've created UNABOLIVIA (Unión Nacional de Aerolíneas de Bolivia) in an effort to improve their services, lower their prices, offer improved/joint routes and encourage more tourism to Bolivia. Together, the three airlines have 103 national routes. Aerosur also serves the United States, Spain, Brazil and Argentina, among other international destinations.MARCH 2009: NEW GOVERNMENT-OWNED AIRLINE The Bolivian government has founded a new airline called Boliviana de Aviación (BOA). Currently is flies only domestic routes offering somewhat lower prices than other Bolivian airlines to some destinations. Routes are La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. www.boa.bo In general, national airlines provide cheaper flights within the country but not always for international flights, and they usually fly to some of the smaller destinations not served by foreign airlines. If you plan to rent a car plan ahead by contacting one of these reputable rental car companies, as some do not have offices at the airport and will need to deliver the car to you upon arrival or at your hotel. There are taxis continuously from the airport to anywhere you want to go in town, and are not expensive at all. The average cost to the city is Bs. 45 (about US$6.00). Most major hotels also provide shuttle service to and from the hotel for their guests. Air travel is common in Bolivia because of the rugged terrain. Getting from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba by bus takes 8-9 hours (and only about 40 minutes by air); to La Paz, about 12-14 hours by bus (and about 1 hour by air). The terrain is harsh, the roads are often not well-maintained, and there are many, many checkpoints to pass through. During the rainy season roads may be flooded or cut off by landslides. Bolivia also has two railroads, one in Western Bolivia and one in Eastern Bolivia, but amazingly, they are not yet connected so they are useless if you want to get from Santa Cruz to La Paz, for example. You should expect to pay taxes upon entering or exiting the country, as well as any customs duties that may be assessed upon the belongings you bring into the country. A traveler's tax only applies to international flights for national passengers and residents of Bolivia, or foreigners and Bolivian residents in other countries that have been in Bolivia for more than 3 months. International: US$ 20 National: Bs 10 Take the proper legal actions in order to bring in the following items: cameras, laptops or other portable writing machines, video camcorders and accessories, tape recorders, sports equipment, five liters of alcoholic beverages, four hundred cigarettes (two cartons), fifty cigars or five hundred grams of tobacco, or whatever exceeds the exemption level of $US 2,000.
MORE GOOD SOURCES OF INFORMATION
For more information on customs visit the official government site of
Bolivian Customs.
If you are a pilot, you will find here a very useful list of
airports and runways
in Bolivia that includes locations, runway surface types, runway lengths, etc. Visit this page for information on
shipping.
So while traveling overland allows you to take in all the scenery close-up, flying is sometimes a better option (and the views from up there are spectacular too).Return from Airlines to Home Page
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