Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LAPAZ902
2007-04-03 19:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy La Paz
Cable title:
LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD
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UNCLAS LA PAZ 000902
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA/OTP, EB/TRA/AN, WHA/AND LPETRONI
STATE PASS TO DOT FOR CCOLDREN AND BHEDBERG
STATE PASS TO FAA FOR CCAPESTANY AND KBERQUIST
STATE PASS TO FAA MIAMI FOR MASHBY
COMMERCE FOR JANGLIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON PGOV BL
SUBJECT: LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD
REF: LA PAZ 884
UNCLAS LA PAZ 000902
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA/OTP, EB/TRA/AN, WHA/AND LPETRONI
STATE PASS TO DOT FOR CCOLDREN AND BHEDBERG
STATE PASS TO FAA FOR CCAPESTANY AND KBERQUIST
STATE PASS TO FAA MIAMI FOR MASHBY
COMMERCE FOR JANGLIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON PGOV BL
SUBJECT: LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD
REF: LA PAZ 884
1. (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent stated April 2
that an estimated 400 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passengers are
stranded in domestic and international airports, with
travelers detained not only in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, but
also in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Caracas, and
Madrid. Passengers were left with few travel options after
Lloyd was ordered March 30 to suspend domestic and
international operations (reftel).
2. (U) Executives at Bolivia's second domestic airline,
AeroSur, announced April 2 that the carrier would offer
passengers in Buenos Aires and Madrid a 50 percent discount
on travel to their final destinations. This gesture of
"solidarity," according to AeroSur Vice President Oscar
Vargas, will demonstrate the airline's goodwill toward the
Bolivian public.
3. (SBU) Comment: The GOB has maintained a hands-off approach
to Lloyd's crisis, despite pleas for assistance from Lloyd
employees. Some, including AeroSur Marketing Manager Gerard
Lopez, view the GOB's refusal to take charge as a means of
hastening Lloyd's demise, ostensibly to clear the way for
greater government control of the aviation sector. Lopez
pointed to the GOB's November 2006 decision to raise jet fuel
prices -- which dramatically increased costs for Lloyd and
AeroSur -- as just one example of growing GOB pressure on
domestic carriers. End comment.
GOLDBERG
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/TRA/OTP, EB/TRA/AN, WHA/AND LPETRONI
STATE PASS TO DOT FOR CCOLDREN AND BHEDBERG
STATE PASS TO FAA FOR CCAPESTANY AND KBERQUIST
STATE PASS TO FAA MIAMI FOR MASHBY
COMMERCE FOR JANGLIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON PGOV BL
SUBJECT: LLOYD PASSENGERS STRANDED IN BOLIVIA AND ABROAD
REF: LA PAZ 884
1. (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent stated April 2
that an estimated 400 Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passengers are
stranded in domestic and international airports, with
travelers detained not only in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, but
also in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Panama City, Caracas, and
Madrid. Passengers were left with few travel options after
Lloyd was ordered March 30 to suspend domestic and
international operations (reftel).
2. (U) Executives at Bolivia's second domestic airline,
AeroSur, announced April 2 that the carrier would offer
passengers in Buenos Aires and Madrid a 50 percent discount
on travel to their final destinations. This gesture of
"solidarity," according to AeroSur Vice President Oscar
Vargas, will demonstrate the airline's goodwill toward the
Bolivian public.
3. (SBU) Comment: The GOB has maintained a hands-off approach
to Lloyd's crisis, despite pleas for assistance from Lloyd
employees. Some, including AeroSur Marketing Manager Gerard
Lopez, view the GOB's refusal to take charge as a means of
hastening Lloyd's demise, ostensibly to clear the way for
greater government control of the aviation sector. Lopez
pointed to the GOB's November 2006 decision to raise jet fuel
prices -- which dramatically increased costs for Lloyd and
AeroSur -- as just one example of growing GOB pressure on
domestic carriers. End comment.
GOLDBERG