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Línea Aérea Amaszonas

Línea Aérea Amaszonas
Línea Aérea Amaszonas logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Callsign
Z8 AZN AMASZONAS
Founded 1998
Commenced operations 2000
Hubs El Alto International Airport
Focus cities Viru Viru International Airport
Fleet size 7
Destinations 12
Headquarters La Paz, Bolivia
Key people Sergio de Urioste (General manager)
Website amaszonas.com

Línea Aérea Amaszonas S.A., usually shortened to Amaszonas, is an airline based in Bolivia, headquartered in La Paz. It operates scheduled and chartered short-haul passenger flights throughout the northern and northeastern regions of the country as well as to neighboring Peru, Chile and Paraguay, with its network's hub being located at El Alto International Airport.

The company was founded on 1 October 1998, but flight services were only commenced in 2000. Initially, Amaszonas operated chartered flights using a small fleet of turboprop airliners of the types Cessna 208 Caravan and Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner. In 2012, following the demise of AeroSur, five Bombardier CRJ200 were acquired from Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc. in order to launch scheduled passenger services. The first one of these 50-seat jet aircraft was put in service in late August on the La Paz-Santa Cruz de la Sierra route.

In late 2014 Amaszonas announced it would lease 9 CRJ200 aircraft to expand its regional network and intended to fly to up to 40 destinations by 2017.

In 2015 the Bolivian airline closed buying the Uruguayan BQB Líneas Aéreas 5 days after the company shut down its operations due to a crisis that began in 2014. From 4 May, the airline takes over the routes operated by BQB before the closure of operations, which are Buenos Aires and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport.

As of September 2016, Amaszonas offers scheduled flights to the following destinations:

The Amaszonas fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2017):


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