BoA announces suspension of domestic flights and special measures for the census

 Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) announced on the morning of Thursday, March 21, that domestic air operations will be suspended on Saturday, March 23, the day of the 2024 Population and Housing Census. Only international flights and domestic connecting flights will be maintained. This measure is taken in compliance with Supreme Decree No. 4546, which declares the census a national priority.

Ronald Casso, general manager of BoA, explained that the suspension is due to the current regulations for the census. "We will have limited operations. We will fly on the central axis to connect passengers arriving on international flights or those who need to depart on international flights during that day," he explained at a press conference.

Flights from Cochabamba and La Paz to Santa Cruz

Regarding the connecting flights scheduled for this Saturday, at the three airports in the central axis, Casso reported that a flight will depart from Cochabamba to Santa Cruz at 7:10 in the morning with passengers who need to travel to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and Asuncion. At noon, an international flight will depart for Guarulhos (Sao Paulo).

For the late afternoon, flights are scheduled from Cochabamba and La Paz to Santa Cruz with passengers whose final destination is Buenos Aires, Lima, Miami, and Madrid.

The early hours of March 23 will see passengers arriving in Santa Cruz from Lima and Madrid. Flights from Air Europa, Copa Airlines, and Avianca will also be received, which connect with BoA flights to other cities.

Only passengers with final destinations of Cochabamba and La Paz will be transported. International passengers connecting to other cities in the country will be transported the day after the census. They will be provided transportation to hotels and their flights will be rescheduled at no cost.

Census of BoA staff at airports

In coordination with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) and the National Institute of Statistics (INE), BoA has organized the necessary logistics to census airline staff working at airports on census day.

There will be 40 people working at each airport in the central axis, divided into two shifts (morning and afternoon). They will be censused at the airport early in the morning.

Authorized transportation in the central axis

For passengers traveling this Saturday, transport companies operating at the three airports have been enabled.

•    Viru Viru Airport (Santa Cruz): Association of Microbus Transporters 135 Viru Viru / Phone: 760-90027
•   Jorge Wilstermann Airport (Cochabamba): B-U Microbus Line / Phone: 4-477734923
•   El Alto Airport (La Paz): Contrastar Union / Phone: 732-17668

There will be no commercial activity at the airports.

Passengers are advised to make provisions for food during waiting times at the airports.

Normal flights on Sunday

Domestic and international flights will resume on Sunday, March 24, at the end of the good government decree. The official BoA website displays schedules for all available routes.