The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced in the last week that he is considering a bulk purchase of nine helicopters – one for the leader of each of Bolivia’s nine states.  His consideration is based around the fact that he now considers a helicopter as a necessary tool for the state leaders to carry out their work, and not a luxury.

In fact, Morales even made it sound like the running costs of these helicopters would be paid for centrally and not by the state governments themselves.

Bolivia has recently taken delivery of a Eurocopter EC145, and should receive the second of the two it ordered around now.  Whether this helicopter type is linked to the country-wide plans above is mere speculation.

Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com