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The Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, affirmed this Friday that the administration of Bolivian Airport Services SA (Sabsa) will not close its operations on February 28, but will continue to settle and collect debts, once these works are completed, the board of directors He will be the one who decides his future.
“Sabsa has an important task after the concession ends on February 28, to settle all the remaining liabilities, that is, there are some contracts that have to be settled, but in addition to that, it has the task of giving and delivering social benefits. to all the Sabsa workers, who are 830”, the authority told Unitel.
Montaño said that after Sabsa finishes with the administrative issues, the board of directors will define what its course will be, “whether it ceases to exist or not”, but for the moment it has to stay to settle, to see some pending lawsuits and deliver social benefits to workers.
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“The social benefits amount to 66 million Bolivians, but it must also be said that there are assets receivable, we have contracts with foreign airlines, they have to continue to be collected, that is why I say that Sabsa is not going to disappear yet, although the contract ends and the workers have nowhere to work, we are giving them the option to continue”, he insisted.
The Government reported yesterday that Sabsa will operate until Monday February 28, when the concession ends, and from March 1 all assets will pass to Naabol; Its main role will be to manage the three international airports of La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, a role it has fulfilled under the tutelage of the State since 2013, when it was nationalized.
The plan is part of the restructuring of the country’s civil aviation services administration that was activated in December 2021, when the Administration of Airports and Air Navigation Services (Aasana) was liquidated and Bolivian Air Navigation and Airports was created. (Naabol).
