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Lloyd Aereo Boliviano

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Lloyd Aéro Boliviano

IATA LB	ICAO LLB	Callsign Lloyd Aereo / Lab
Founded		1925
Hubs		Viru Viru Int'l Airport
Focus cities		El Alto Int'l Airport
Frequent flyer program		Líder Club
Member lounge		Elite CLAB
Fleet size		15
Destinations		23
Headquarters		Cochabamba, Bolivia
Key people		Ernesto R. Asbún (CEO)
Website: http://www.labairlines.com.bo http://www.labairlines.co.uk

LAB Boeing 727-200 (CP-1366) at Cochabamba Airport

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB Airlines) was the national airline of Bolivia, based in Cochabamba. It operated passenger and cargo services within Bolivia and to international destinations. Its main base was Jorge Wilstermann International Airport, Cochabamba.^[1] In April 2007, services were suspended by the Bolivian government due to financial problems.

1 History
2 Other facts of interest
3 Destinations
4 Fleet
- 4.1 Previously operated
5 External links
6 References

History

Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano was established on September 15, 1925, when it was founded in Cochabamba by Guillermo Kyllman. The airline's name was Lloyd Aereo Boliviano S.A.. The name was chosen after Lloyd's of London for its image of safety and security (though the two firms are not related). The airline's first airplane, a Junkers F-13, came as a present from the German community in Bolivia. It started operations on 23 September 1925. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano first flew internationally in July 1930, with planes used by Brazilian airline Syndicato Condor Ltda., between Corumbá, Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano used their own plane on the route from La Paz and Rio de Janeiro, and La Paz to Corumbá. With this, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano and Condor Ltda. had a commercial agreement. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, which was South America's second commercial airline, after Colombia's Avianca, soon increased their flights to the Brazilian destinations, and their fleet began to grow too. During 1932, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano had to lend its planes and personnel to the Bolivian government, to help during the so called Chaco War (Guerra Del Chaco). Lloyd Aereo Boliviano had to be reorganized and was nationalized on 14 May 1941 by the government, and it began a period of growth by means of expansion, new airplanes and destinations. In 1950, the airline was awarded with the Condor de los Andes decoration, given to Bolivian companies by the government. In 1970, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano joined the jet age, acquiring their first Boeing 727. With jets, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano was allowed to fly to more markets in Central America, to the United States and to Spain. But in 1994, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano ran into economic trouble, and the government started looking for potential buyers. Ultimately, they opened the sale to international buyers, and on October 19 1995, VASP, a Brazilian airline, bought 50% of the company. Subsequently the fleet was painted to resemble that of VASP's, and it introduced a frequent flyer program. VASP sold its shares of Lloyd back to Bolivian investors in 2001. In 2004 due to a debt that Ecuatoriana de Aviación owed LAB, Lloyd got 50% of Ecuatoriana and operates some of its routes under shared codes. By May 2006, the airline was flying with limited capacity due to their financial situation. The two Boeing 767s had to be returned to the leasing company due to lack of payment. It currently serves Madrid using a L-1011-500 wet-leased from Globe Jet Airlines. Also Lloyd Aereo Boliviano is wet leasing a Boeing 757 from North American Airlines, to satisfy the air travel to Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida. A LLoyd's Boeing 727-100 aircraft was in used for daily charter flights from Miami to Havana and Camaguey, Cuba and one bi-weekly from New York. On 30 March 2007, service was suspended by the Bolivian government due to financial problems. They are prohibited from selling tickets and operating any scheduled flights until further notice. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano suspended operations on April 1, 2007. The Bolivian government has since announced the creation of a new airline, Boliviana de Aviacion, to replace Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.^[2]

Other facts of interest

Lloyd Aereo Boliviano was featured in a chapter of the Saul Lisazo and Victoria Rufo telenovela Vivo por Ella. Rufo's character flew from Mexico City to New York City. LAB apparently lent an airplane to the soap opera's producers, since the airline does not fly that route, but the seats of the plane used to film the scene where Rufo flew had LAB's logo and name printed.

Destinations

Main article: Lloyd Aereo Boliviano destinations

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Fleet

The Lloyd Aereo Boliviano fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] :

1 Boeing 727-100
8 Boeing 727-200
1 Boeing 737-300
2 Boeing 757-200 (LAB Never operated as such B757-200 they were wet leased)

Of its 11 aircraft, eight are stored at the airline's base at Cochabamba, two in Lima, Peru, and one at São José dos Campos, Brazil.

Previously operated

Retirements in recent years have included an Airbus A310-300, three Boeing 727-100s, two Boeing 727-200s, a Boeing 727-200 Freighter, a Boeing 737-300 a Fokker F27-200 Friendship and, most recently, the airline's two Boeing 767-300ERs which it had been using for long-haul flights to Madrid, Miami and Washington, D.C.. A good half-dozen Boeing 727-200s are parked at Cochabamba, awaiting spares and funds to fly again. The sole remaining Boeing 737-300 is undergoing maintenance in São Paulo, Brazil. Long-haul routes within the Americas such as Miami, Mexico City and Havana (via Panama) and Washington, D.C. (via Miami), are all operated by the perhaps less than ideal Boeing 727-200s, equipped with winglets so as to reduce fuel-burn. The single Boeing 727-100 (CP-861) covered most of Bolivia's domestic routes--up to 16 flights a day--right up until March 5, 2007. She was retired that evening after 37 years of faithful and uninterrupted service with the same carrier, having historically been the most problem-free aircraft of the fleet. No other jetliner has served one airline for so long. Source: Lloyd Aereo Boliviano

External links

References

^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 106.
^ Bolivian state airline to begin service in 2008. International Herald-Tribune (26 October 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-09.

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