“Armavia” renews daily flights to Tbilisi

Airline “Armavia” informs about the renewal of daily flights to Tbilisi from August 5, 2011.

“The flights U8 021/022 and U8 023/024 will be made by the frequency of 2 times daily”, said press-secretary of “Armavia” Nana Avetisova. 

From August 6, 2011 the airline “Armavia” starts regular flights U8 929/939 Yerevan-Bryansk-Yerevan. The flights will be on Saturdays.

Source: arka.am

Armavia aircraft returned to Yerevan and will leave for Tbilisi today

Yesterday Armavia air craft heading from Yerevan to Tbilisi took off at 5:30 p.m. but failed to land at the Tbilisi airport due to fog, Nana Avetisova, spokesperson for Armavia, told NEWS.am. She added that the flight will be carried out today.
“The air craft had to return to Yerevan. Today Armavia air craft will leave for Tbilisi at 7:30 p.m. if there are no weather problems,” she said.
As NEWS.am reported earlier, on December 10 all flights from Tbilisi International Airport were delayed. The flights to Baku, Istanbul and European cities were delayed.
The aircraft of Armavia Air company also failed to land at the airport.

Source: news.am

Yerevan-Tbilisi flights suspended due to unprofitability

Yerevan-Tbilisi flights were cancelled due to unprofitability, Armavia president Mikhail Bagdasarov said on February 3, adding that within 10 months of 2009 the losses reached $3 million. He also informed that the company requested assistance of Tbilisi airport to cut taxes. “For each passenger we pay €21 plus other expenses, but they refused to do so. Therefore, we decided to suspend the flight,” Bagdasarov stated underlining that Georgian colleagues eventually lowered the tariffs and most possibly Yerevan-Tbilisi flight will be carried out starting February 10.
This year Armavia will operate new flights to Cyprus, Tel-Aviv, Delhi, Barcelona, and increase number of flights to Italy up to 4-5 times a week.
Company’s president also emphasized: “A new Boeing 767 will be purchased by the company shortly enabling long distance flights to the U.S., China, Thailand and Japan.”
Today, Armavia was awarded with IOSA (Operational Safety Audit) certificate by IATA for security. Bagdasarov noted that his company gets the certificate for the second time.

Source: news.am

Armavia: Tbilisi airport does not make concessions

Air communication between Tbilisi and Yerevan is suspended from February 1 this year, Georgia Online reported.

As the United Transport Administration informed, suspension of air communication carries seasonal nature and is justified by the low passenger flow. As the "Armavia" spokesman Nana Avetisova told PanARMENIAN.Net, flights to Tbilisi are suspended for two main reasons: the flights’ seasonal nature and fees the airport of Tbilisi offers. 

"To date, fees set by Tbilisi airport are not payback. The management of the airline suggested to revise them, but Tbilisi does not make concessions, " she said.  

She recalled that Armavia has stopped flights in this direction since January 15, 2010.  Flights from Tbilisi to Moscow were carried out by Armenian Armavia, the first flight was operated on March 14, 2009. 

Armavia is the national air carrier of Armenia. Established in 1996, Armavia operates about 250 flights a month to over 30 destinations in the CIS countries, Europe and the Middle East. In 2008 Armavia transported more than 647 thousand passengers. Air fleet of the company consists of A-319 (3), A-320 (2), Boeing 737-300, CRJ-200, Tu-134 aircrafts. In 2010 Armavia will receive a new Superjet 100. 

Source: panarmenian.net

Yerevan-Tbilisi flights cancelled

Yerevan-Tbilisi flights are cancelled starting January 15, 2010, Armavia AirCompany Press Secretary Nana Avetisova informed News.am.  According to her, the flights were cancelled due to absence of demand. “The number of people willing to fly to Tbilisi dramatically reduced this winter,” Avetisova said not ruling out the resumption of flights in spring.
Avetisova denied the information that the reduction of passengers is conditioned by the high airfares, adding that fares are affordable, meanwhile finding difficulty in specifying them.

Source: news.am