Boliviana de Aviacion started service from Santa Cruz de la Sierra's Viru Viru International Airport (VVI) to Salta (SLA) on 15May14. Flights will be operated 2x/weekly on Thursdays and Saturdays using 737-300's. These are the only international flights from Salta, a city of 535,000 people in northwestern Argentina near the Bolivian, Chilean and Paraguayan borders.
The new service is designed to reinforce tourism in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina and foster greater commercial and cultural ties between the two regions plus it will allow residents of Salta to connect to Boliviana's flights to Madrid (MAD), Sao Paulo Guarulhos (GRU), and new service to Miami (MIA) set to start on 06Jun14. Presently, "Saltenios" need to fly south to Buenos Aires before traveling onward to foreign destinations.
Boliviana already operates 9x/weekly service from Santa Cruz to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE), also with its 10-strong 737-300/500 fleet.
Sources:
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140417/avn-140417.html
http://aerospotter.blogspot.com.ar/2014/05/boa-llego-salta.html
http://www.siscoma.com.ar/online/aviacion/2014/avn140522/avn-140522.html
http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Boliviana%20de%20Aviacion.htm
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