TAB was set up in 1977 as a sub-division of the Air Transport Management of the
Bolivian Air Force in 1977, originally operating on-demand medium to long-haul heavy cargo flights using a fleet of
Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, which were based at
El Alto International Airport in
La Paz. In 1992, TAB was shut down. In 1999, the airline was reactivated as a civil company based at
Cochabamba, then operating a single military C-130 and a
L-382, the civil variant of the preceding. In 1999, TAB moved 84,649 kilograms of cargo, which was increased to over 2 million kilograms in 2000, to 4,176,429 kilograms in 2006. TAB increased its fleet with the addition of two
McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. In 2022, the airline transported 326 metric tons of cargo. ==Destinations==