Armenia's national airline, Armavia, is due to resume on July 2
regular flights to Aleppo, a Syrian city where the majority of the Arab
country's ethnic Armenian community lives, after suspending them in
March due to due to the domestic political crisis in Syria, company
spokeswoman Nana Avetisova said.
"In view of great demand for Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flights and a request from the Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians it has been decided to resume traffic," Avetisova told Interfax.
Initially there would be one flight per week in each direction, but there would be more flights afterward if necessary, she said.
There are 60,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria. Aleppo is home to 45,000 of them.
Earlier, foreign Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanyan made an entry on his Facebook page urging the Armenian government to help Syria's ethnic Armenians.
Yerevan-Aleppo flights have been suspended since March 25, 2012.
Source: interfax-religion.com
"In view of great demand for Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flights and a request from the Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians it has been decided to resume traffic," Avetisova told Interfax.
Initially there would be one flight per week in each direction, but there would be more flights afterward if necessary, she said.
There are 60,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria. Aleppo is home to 45,000 of them.
Earlier, foreign Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanyan made an entry on his Facebook page urging the Armenian government to help Syria's ethnic Armenians.
Yerevan-Aleppo flights have been suspended since March 25, 2012.
Source: interfax-religion.com
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