Editing Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (section)

===Origins ===
[[File:Stamp of Bolivia - 1945 - Colnect 228290 - Map of Bolivian Air Lines.jpeg|left|thumb|133x133px|A [[postage stamp]] from 1945 featuring a map of Bolivia and LAB's domestic flights.]]
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB) was founded by [[Germany|German]] immigrants in August 1925.<ref name="FI1966" />{{#tag:ref|There exists a discrepancy over the foundation date of the airline as it was also informed it occurred on 14 September 1925.<ref name="Flight1960" />|name="Found date"|group="nb"}}  On 24 September 1925, the airline launched its services between [[Cochabamba]] and [[Santa Cruz de la Sierra|Santa Cruz]] using a single [[Junkers F13]] aircraft.<ref name="FI1966">{{cite journal|title= World airline survey – Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano SA (LAB)|journal= [[Flight International]]|number= 2979|volume= 89|date= 14 April 1966|page= 621|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201070.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190525125247/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1966/1966%20-%201070.html|archive-date= 25 May 2019}}</ref>

In July 1930, Lloyd Aéreo began to serve international routes, with scheduled flights between [[La Paz]], where it was based then, and [[Corumbá]], [[Brazil]]. On the grounds of a co-operation agreement with [[Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul|Syndicato Condor]], an airline catering for the [[German Brazilian|German minority in Brazil]], LAB passengers could connect in Corumbá on a flight to [[Rio de Janeiro]], and vice versa. Over the following years, more destinations in [[Brazil]] were added, so that Lloyd Aéreo became the second largest airline in South America at that time, only surpassed by [[Avianca]] from [[Colombia]]. In 1932, the Bolivian government seized all of LAB's planes and staff, so that they could be dispatched for military use during the [[Chaco War]] with [[Paraguay]].