Armavia to operate Yerevan-Bratislava-Yerevan flights

Starting January 17, 2011, Armavia Airlines will launch Yerevan-Bratislava-Yerevan regular flights, Armavia press office reports.
In winter schedule, the flights will be operated on Mondays, from Yerevan, at 09.20 pm local time.
In summer schedule, Armavia will increase the frequency of flights between Yerevan and Bratislava up to 2 flights a week, on Mondays and Fridays, from Yerevan, at 10.45 pm local time.

Source: aysor.am





 

Europe heavy snow not to affect Armavia flights

Snow and freezing temperatures delayed flights across northern Europe. Flights at main airports were cancelled in Great Britain and France.
Armavia Air company carries out regular flights to Europe, particularly Amsterdam, Athens, Rome, Paris and other European cities, the company informed news.am .
According to foreign media, Air France said there were serious delays at the two main Parisian airports, Charles de Gaulle and Orly following a snowstorm on Monday morning.

Source: news.am

Reports on Armavia passengers’ refusal to fly to Moscow untrue

According to information posted on social networks, on December 17 only 7 passengers took Armavia air company’s flight to Moscow, while the rest refused to fly and returned their tickets.
However, the company’s press service rejected this information. “All flights to Moscow are implemented as per the schedule, while reports that tickets were returned are untrue,” Armavia told a  panarmenian.net reporter. “Moreover, the company increases the number of flights to this destination.”
Dissemination of similar information is based on the fact that the number of ethnic crimes continues growing in Moscow and regions.
On December 16, a citizen of Uzbekistan was killed by unknown persons in Moscow. A suspect has been detained.
Besides, a citizen of Vietnam was killed in the Russian capital. According to Russian news agencies, even children are engaged in ethnic riots – a schoolboy knifed his schoolmate in Dolgoprudniy (Moscow suburb), a native of Caucasus.

Source: panarmenian.net

Armavia increases number of flights on eve of New Year holidays

Armavia air company reported that U8518/517 Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan flights will be implemented to Moscow Domodedovo airport instead of Vnukovo airport from December 20, 2010.
Thus, starting from December 20, 2010, the company will be implementing three Yerevan-Moscow-Yerevan flights to Domodedovo airport and two flights to Vnukovo airport.
Taking into consideration the increased demand during New Year holidays, the company will implement to additional flights to Moscow Domodedovo airport - U8522/521 on December 26 and 29.

Source: panarmenian.net

Sukhoy Superjet 100 first aircraft to arrive in Armenia Feb. 2011

Sukhoy Civil Aircraft (SCA) CJSC will supply Sukhoy Superjet 100 first aircraft to Armenian Armavia air company in February 2011, while the first two aircrafts to Russian Aeroflot air company will be supplied in March 2011.

ARMS-TASS reported with reference to the press service of SCA that the aircraft after being painted in colors of Armavia company will be transferred to the client.
As a whole, SCA CJSC intends to supply 17 Sukhoy Superjet 100 aircrafts until the end of 2011.
Currently, the portfolio of orders for Sukhoy Superjet 100 makes 150 aircrafts, while SCA CJSC is going to sell 893 aircrafts as part of the project on Superjet creation.
The total proceeds from the program are estimated at $31.5bln; the income is supposed to be $5.5bln.
Sukhoy Superjet 100 should substitute TU-134 aircrafts being exploited now.

Source: panarmenian.net

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

Tbilisi International Airport paralyzed due to heavy fog

The Tbilisi International Airport has been paralyzed due to heavy fog this morning.
The airport failed to carry out several flights to Baku, Istanbul and other cities in Europe as a reult, the airport told Trend.
An Armavia aircraft flying from Yerevan also failed to land at the airport this morning.
While the fog is heavy and it is unclear when the delayed flights will be carried out.
Some passengers have already returned their tickets and are looking for alternative ways to leave Tbilisi.

Source: http://en.trend.az/capital/business/1795368.html

Araik Abgaryan: Armenian aviation security high

Armenia replaced soviet-era planes by Airbuses and Boeings, head of the Armaeronavigation security audit division said.
“I wouldn’t say that soviet planes are bad, but they do not meet European standards,” Araik Abgaryan told journalists on December 6.
“The level of aviation security in Armenia is high, with all of 13 jets undergoing technical tests periodically. Moreover, the country is leading among the other CIS member states,” Abgaryan said.
Asked why Zvartnots airport is not used as transit destination, Abgaryan said that as soon as a new terminal is ready, Armenia will be able to operate transit flights.
He also informed that currently Armavia is negotiating the possibility of Armenia-U.S. direct flights.

Source: panarmenian.net

VivaCell-MTS, Armavia launch joint action

VivaCell-MTS has announced that starting November 24 all passengers on Armavia flights can receive VivaCell-MTS prepaid cards free of charge.
In the framework of a joint promotional action of VivaCell-MTS and Armavia Air Company, henceforth, special vouchers will be distributed to all passengers on Armavia flights to Armenia, during the flights. These can be redeemed against VivaCell-MTS prepaid cards, with any tariff plan, at one of VivaCell-MTS Service Centers, at anytime.
Persons aged 14 or above can receive the card upon presenting their passport.
As for all other coming flights, passengers can get a prepaid card free of charge, from the Airport free zone arrival VivaCell-MTS Service Center.

Source: panarmenian.net

Armavia awards its 700,000th passenger

On December 3, Armavia air company gifted a TV set to its 700,000th passenger – Lusine Mosoyan – who used the company’s services for three times in past three days.
Lusine Mosoyan brought to Armenia а leaded panel with picture of Our Lady, which she created for Etchmiadzin.
“Compliant with its traditions, Armavia prepared a surprise also this time for the 700,000th passenger,” Armavia Acting Commercial Director Aghvan Grigoryan said.
According to him, the passenger traffic grew in 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.
Grigoryan expressed hope that in 2011 the company will gain a record index of 1,000,000 passengers, while the lucky passenger will be granted a Mercedes car.

Source: panarmenian.net

Monopolists hamper tourism development in Armenia

Director of Avarayr incoming tour operator Arkady Sahakyan said that Armenia has a large base of tourism services in winter period, including for active and passive rest.
However, provision of these services is hampered by many factors, Sahakyan told a press conference.
According to him, the condition of Armenia’s roads leading to places of interest is deplorable during winter.
“Recently, we held negotiations with owners of hotels in Tsaghkadzor resort on decrease of prices. At the same time, Armavia national carrier does not provide any discounts. For example, Siberian Airlines offer clients a 40% discount during winter season, while we are uncompetitive due to high prices for air tickets,” he said.
According to Sahakyan, unfortunately, tourists can arrive in Armenia only by airplane, while national monopolists – Armavia company and Zvartnots Airport – pursue an unclear pricing, exploiting the situation.
“Hotels of Armenia’s resorts will be packed until January 15, but there will be no visitors from January 15 to March, as the internal market cannot afford using such expensive services. Besides, the loading level of hotels around Lake Sevan is decreasing by 30-35% from year to year, due to affordable and high-quality services in Georgia. The same situation is faced in Tsaghkadzor,” said Sahakyan.
Besides, according to the expert, tourism development is hampered by long winter vacations, as tourists, who are in Armenia from December 30 to January 8, cannot visit museums, exhibitions, theaters, etc.

Source: panarmenian.net

German Ambassador complains about Armavia’s high prices

At today’s press conference German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt complained about high prices for the services of Armavia air company.
According to him, prices for tickets from Yerevan are too high. Armavia is a competitive company unlike its prices. The Ambassador stressed that it is very hard to speak of competition in Armenia’s air transportation.  It would be better to make investments to improve this field, he added. 

Source: news.am

First Sukhoi Superjet 100 production aircraft flies for Armavia Airline

 

Today the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SN 95007) production aircraft intended for Armavia took to the skies. The aircraft was piloted by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft’s test pilots Alexander Ivanov and Alexander Kochetkov.

During the 3 hours flight, the pilot crew checked the overall engines, systems and equipment performance having confirmed the aircraft characteristics within operational range.

After a series of factory checks, the SSJ100 SN 95007 will fly to Moscow for operational route proving tests.
Ground handling at the airports will be performed in full compliance with the operational documentation. Route proving tests are aimed at confirmation of reliability of onboard systems in operational environment and feasibility of aircraft handling with standard airport on-ground devices.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft: The Company’s shareholders are the Sukhoi Holding owing 75% - 1 share and the Italian Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica Company, holding 25% + 1 share since April 7, 2009.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft was founded in 2000 to develop new regional aircraft projects. Headquartered in Moscow, the Company enjoys several production branches seated in the cities of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Novosibirsk and Voronezh. Today the company employs over 2,000 people.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 –a new family of regional jets– is the Company’s major project. The aircraft was rolled out on September 26, 2007 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. On May 19, 2008, the first Sukhoi Superjet 100 performed its maiden flight there. On October 24, 2008, after successful completion of factory flight tests, the aircraft emerged into certification flight campaign.


Source: avionews.com

Armavia expands the geography of flights and defines special through rates

  National air carrier of Armenia “Armavia” is expanding the  geography of its flights and defines special through rates, press-0secretary of “Armavia” Nana Avetisova informs.

“Armavia” together with the airline company “El AL” (Israel Airlines) provides opportunity to make flights to several countries of the world from Yerevan and back via international airport “Ben-Gurion” in Tel-Aviv by special through rates.

There are flights to the following destinations: Los Angeles, New-York, Toronto, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing, Cairo, San Paulo and Johannesburg. Prices for the mentioned flights vary from 320 to 810 EURO excluding taxes.

“Armavia” together with “Uthair” provides opportunity of flights to some countries via international airport “Vnukovo” in Moscow and back by special through rates.

Flights will be implemented to Russian cities Krasnoyarsk, Barnaul, Volgograd, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Nizhnevartovsk, Omsk, Surgut, Tomsk, Tyumen, Ufa, Perm, Astrakhan, Anapa, Belgorod, Yeysk, Magnitogorsk, Minvodi, Murmansk, Nizhnekamsk, Noyabrsk, Siktivkar, Ulyanovsk, Usinsk, Ukhta, Khanti-Mansiysk, Lugansk, Nikolayev, Lvov and Zaporozhye.

There will be flights Yerevan-Moscow (Vnukovo)-Vilnius and back, Yerevan-Moscow (Vnukovo)-Gyanja and back, Yerevan-Moscow (Vnukovo)-Baku and back, Yerevan-Moscow (Vnukovo)-Nakhijevan and back and Yerevan-Moscow (Vnukovo)-Lenkoran and back.

Prices for the above mentioned flights will vary from 320 to 596 EURO excluding taxes.

Today “Armavia” makes more than 100 flights by 35 directions to 20 countries of the world weekly. In 2009 “Armavia” transported more than 700 thousand passengers. Currently the air-park of the company consists of 9 planes (А320-3, А319-3, CRJ-200, YAK-42-VIP).

Source: arka.am

Armavia aircompany improves position in major Armenian taxpayers’ list

Armenian International Airports came 16th in the list of 1000 major Armenian taxpayers, having paid AMD 2,8 billion to state budget.

Based on the results of the third quarter of 2010, Armavia aircompany showed improvement, appearing in the 67th position against 128th in 2009.
Mika Corporation CJSC retained its position still occupying the 14th place in the list, with AMD 3 billion budget payment, State Revenue Committee reported.

Source: panarmenian.net

Armavia to start operating flights to two new destinations in Ukraine

Armavia, Armenian National Air Company, starts operating direct flights to Ukrainian cities of Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk, Nana Avetisova, press secretary of the company, said on Wednesday.

“Flights to Dnepropetrovsk will be launched on October 31 and operated every Sunday, and to Donetsk on November 5 in Fridays,” she said.

Now Armavia operates flight to other Ukrainian cities – Kiev, Simferopol, Odessa, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk.

Armavia operates more than 100 flights a week to 25 destinations in 20 countries.

The air company transported 700,000 passengers in 2009.

The company has nine aircrafts.

Source: arka.am

Nagorno-Karabakh To Reopen Airport

STEPANAKERT -- Authorities in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh are pressing ahead with plans to reopen the disputed territory's sole civilian airport, which was shut down nearly two decades ago.

Flights to and from the airport, located 8 kilometers east of Stepanakert, had been discontinued in 1991 amid intensifying armed clashes in and around Karabakh, which degenerated into a full-scale Armenian-Azerbaijani war.

Transport and communication between the territory and the outside world have since been carried out only by land, through Armenia.

The Karabakh government decided last year to reopen the airport, which was severely damaged during the 1991-92 war, and raised about 1 billion drams ($2.8 million) for its reconstruction from unspecified "charitable sources." It began building a new airport terminal and repairing the runway shortly afterward.

Karabakh officials said earlier this year that a flight service between Stepanakert and Yerevan could be launched in mid-October.

Bako Sahakian, the president of the unrecognized republic, made clear that this would not happen before the end of this year when he inspected the facility, which is still under construction, on October 5.

According to Karabakh's urban development minister, Karen Shahramanian, work on the terminal building will be completed in November. He told RFE/RL's Armenian Service that air navigation equipment was now being installed at the airport.

It is expected that Karabakh, at least in the near future, will have a regular flight service only with Armenia. Its unresolved status makes direct air communication with other countries all but impossible.

It is not yet clear whether the Stepanakert-Yerevan flights will be carried out by Armenia's national airline Armavia. Officials have said only that a one-way air ticket to the Armenian capital will cost 16,000 drams ($45).

By comparison, the current fare for a minibus trip from Stepanakert to Yerevan, which takes between six and seven hours, is 5,000 drams per person.

A random street poll of Stepanakert residents conducted by RFE/RL suggested that many locals will be willing to pay a higher price for much shorter and more convenient travel.

"We won't be tired of long trips," said one man. "It should be interesting," noted another.

Source:  rferl.org

Armavia to increase number of flights to Moscow from October 10

Armavia air company increases the number of flights to Moscow, bringing them to 6 flights a day.
According to the company’s press service, Armavia will launch Yerevan-Moscow (Domodedovo)-Yerevan regular flights from October 10, 2010.
Thus, the air company will be implementing three flights per day to Domodedovo airport and three flights per day to Vnukovo airport from October 10.

Source: panarmenian.net 

Armavia launches Yerevan-Birmingham-Yerevan flight

Armavia national carrier presented its new Yerevan-Birmingham-Yerevan flight on September 28.
“This flight is meant to connect Europe with Asia and Middle East,” Armavia Director General Norayr Belluyan said.
“The flight will allow passengers from India to travel to Birmingham, where numerous Indian diaspora lives. Besides, it will help Armenia develop relations with one of UK industrial centers,” he added.
This year, Armavia launched flights to Delhi, Tel Aviv, Tehran and Barcelona. Yerevan-Beijing-Yerevan flight is expected in the near future.

Source: panarmenian.net

Mikhail Baghdasarov not going to sell Armavia shares

Mikhail Baghdasarov, the President of Armavia national carrier, is not going to sell the company shares, Armavia spokesperson Nana Avetisova said.
“Mikhail Baghdasarov has officially refuted media reports on sale of shares,” Avetisova told a panarmenian.net reporter.

Source: panarmenian.net

Armavia repays debts to Armenia International Airports

Debt of Armavia company to Armenia International Airports is constantly changing because of daily debt repayments, Sahak Hakobyan, head of the staff of General Department of Civil Aviation at the Armenian government said at a press conference.
Hakobyan noted that the aviation department is not authorized to interfere with relations of two companies. “We follow technical regulation and fights’ security, the rest lies in economic ties between the entities. Though, we have information on the developments,” he said.
Due to the mentioned debt, Armenia International Airports company suspended flights from Zvartnots Airport on September 16.The same day the flights resumed.

Source: news.am

Armavia’s debt is increasing

On September 29, on the eve of Civil Aviation Day, head of the General Department of the Civil Aviation Sahak Hakobyan and Adviser to the Director General Grigor Nazaryan briefed Armenian reporters on the achievements in the sphere.
Asked whether the owner of Armenian national air carrier - Armavia, Mikhail Baghdasarov, intends to sell his shares, Sahak Hakobyan said, "We have learnt about Mr. Baghdasarov's intention from the press. It is up to him to decide. The state cannot force an owner to sell or keep his shares. The Law on Aviation envisages that at least 51% of an aviation company belongs to legal entities registered in Armenia," he said.
Recently, Zvartnots airport suspended all flights of Armavia national carrier due to heavy debts.
"The Civil Aviation deals with aviation and security issues. We try to avoid similar problems, as they are unpleasant for us. The issue is beyond our competence and we are hopeful that the parties [Zvartnots and Armavia] will find a common language. State agencies are not empowered to interfere into a conflict between two entities" Hakobyan said.
The aviation representatives say Armavia's debt is changing every hour connected with everyday production process.

Source: a1plus.am

New terminal to open in Zvartnots Airport in 2011

The civil aviation in Armenia is dynamically developing, according to Sahak Hakobyan, head of the General Department of the Civil Aviation.

“Air transportation volumes increased 10% over the past 8 months. As of September 22, passenger flows increased 13.5% compared with the same period in 2009,” Hakobyan told reporters in Yerevan.
He also informed that a new terminal meeting all international standards will open in Zvartnots Airport in 2011.
Asked to comment on the Airport’s recent ban on Armavia national carrier’s flights, Hakobyan said state agencies are not empowered to interfere into a conflict between two entities.

Source: panarmenian.net

Birmingham airport launches Armavia Airlines flights to Armenia

Birmingham Airport has become only the second in the country to operate flights to the former Soviet republic of Armenia.
The new service was launched on Tuesday when an Airbus A319 of Armavia Airlines touched down at Birmingham from the Armenian capital Yerevan.
The airline will now operate flights to Yerevan and on to Delhi every Tuesday, departing Birmingham at 06.55.
It hopes to attract passengers wanting to reach both Armenia and India to visit friends and relatives. The Airbus will have eight business class seats and 126 economy seats.

Illarion Gharibyan, deputy director general, for the  airline said: “There are 20,000 people in the UK of Armenian descent and people can currently only access flights to Armenia from Heathrow so the Birmingham operation will provide more choice for those wanting to reach Yerevan.
“Birmingham is at a very important phase of its development and we are very excited to be joining the Birmingham team at this time.”
Paul Kehoe, the airport’s chief executive officer, said: “Not only will Armavia Airlines offer people a brand new service to Armenia, it will provide another welcome connection to India, which will be of particular interest to the 200,000 Indian people living in the Midlands.”
Round trip fares to Yerevan start from £325 excluding taxes and to Delhi from £205.

Source: birminghampost.net

Armenia’s passenger traffic 1.212m

Armenia’s passenger traffic has reached 1.212m people this year – a 13% increase as compared with the corresponding period last year, Sahak Hakobyan, Head of the staff, Civil Aviation Department, RA Government, told a news conference.
The crisis did not seriously affect the passenger traffic in Armenia. Other countries registered a 2.5% decrease. Hakobyan believes the Armenian air carriers registered an increase in the number of passengers due to their scheduled fights to ensure regular incomes. As regards cargo transportation, he pointed out that a three-fold increase has been registered since last year.
The RA Statistical Service reports Armenia’s air traffic totaled 8.4 thousand tons last year, with exports totaling 3.2 thousand tons, and imports 5.2 thousand tons. Last year, Armenia’s air passenger traffic reached 1.469m, with 702,000 passengers served by the Armenian airlines.

Source: news.am

Domodedovo airport highly appreciates cooperation with Armenian national air company

 Domodedovo, one of the biggest airports in Russia and Eastern Europe, describes cooperation with Armavia, Armenian national air company, as strategic, Yelena Galanova, press secretary of the Russian airport, said on Monday.

“Our partnership began in 2002,” she said. “Eight years is a quite long term to estimate our cooperation. Some 14 flights are operated from Moscow to Yerevan and back every week – two flights a day.”

Galanova said that 48% of Moscow-Yerevan flights are operated from Domodedovo Airport.

“Armavia Air Company’s passenger flow was 170,000 passengers in 2009, and 200,000 people have been transported since the beginning of this year,” she said adding that 100,700 people were transported over eight months of this year against the 95,300 passengers at the same period a year earlier.

Galanova said that Domodedovo has developed route network consisting of 234 destinations.
This is very important for Armavia and other air companies’ passengers, since they can fly to any country from Domodedovo Airport.

The Domodedovo is the leading passenger transporter among Russian airports. Its share in Moscow aviation hub’s passenger flow is 46%.

In 2009 Domodedovo handled 18.7 million passengers, and according to some forecasts, the figure may rise to 22.3 million this year.

In Jan-Aug 2010, the passenger flow reached 14.7 million exceeding the result of the same period of the previous year by 22.4%.

Some 75 air companies operate flights from Domodedovo.

Of them, 47 are foreign companies (12 from the Commonwealth of Independent States) and 28 are Russian.
Armavia Air Company was established in 1996.

In 2005, Mikhail Bagdasarovm the company president, became the owner of the full package of the company’s shares.
Armavia operates over 102 flights to 35 destinations in 20 countries every week.

The company flew 700,000 passengers in 2009.

It possesses nine aircrafts - А320-3, А319-3, CRJ-200, Yak-42-VIP).

Serzh Sargsyan awards two Armavia pilots on occasion of Armenia’s Independence Day

On the occasion of the 19th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on awarding aircraft commander of Armavia national carrier Samvel Apikyan with a medal for the displayed professionalism in emergency situations and second pilot Araz Arazyan with Anania Shirakatsi medal.
The Armenian President also bestowed Anania Shirakatsi medal on a number of employees in the field of territorial administration.
Besides, he signed a decree on awarding scientific and educational workers with medals of the Republic of Armenia, the presidential press service reported.

Source: panarmenian.net

Yerevan Flights Delayed Over Airline Debts

Armenia’s national airline, Armavia, was forced to briefly delay three flights from Yerevan on Thursday because of its outstanding debts to the Zvartnots international airport.

Armavia planes bound for Russia and Israel were allowed to take off more than hour after their scheduled departure time as the company began urgent crisis talks with the airport administration.

“We had to take such a step because Armavia has accumulated big debts,” Zvartnots spokesman Gevorg Abrahamian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service. “Right now, the issue is being settled. All flights are being handled as normal. We hope to avoid such problems in the future.”

Abrahamian said later in the day that the two sides have worked out a timetable for the repayment of the debts incurred by Armavia. “This debt will be repaid very soon,” confirmed Nana Avetisova, an Armavia spokeswoman.

Both officials refused to disclose the sum owed by the private carrier to Zvartnots’s Argentinean operator, Corporacion America. Avetisova linked Armavia’s failure to pay for airport ground services on time with last year’s global recession which did not keep the company from purchasing new aircraft.

“This is normal for airlines around the world,” she told RFE/RL. “Yet in our country there is so much fuss that you feel like it’s the end of the world. We are a small airline located in a small country, and having such a debt is not something extraordinary.”

Owned by Russian-Armenian businessman Mikhail Bagdasarov, Armavia currently flies to about 30 destinations in Europe, the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. It became Armenia’s leading carrier in 2004 following the bankruptcy of the state-run Armenian Airlines.

Source: azatutyun.am

Armavia’s flights suspended

The Yerevan International Airport Zvartnots has suspended flights of the national-carrier Armavia company due to increased debts, a spokesperson to the airport Gevork Abramian told media.
“Due to increased and long-dated debts of Armavia, its flights have been suspended. We’ve sent the notification to company’s management in advance,” said spokesman.
“Yes, the company like all other airlines of the world has debts,” told Interfax a spokeswoman to Armavia, Nana Avetisova, denying determining the sum of debts and any other details.

Source: aysor.am

Zvartnots suspends Armavia flights over debts

The flights of Armavia national carrier were suspended on September 16 morning over debts to Zvartnots airport, Armavia spokesperson Nana Avetisova told a panarmenian.net reporter.
Zvartnots PR officer Gevorg Abrahamyan said that the airport management had to suspend the flights due to heavy debts. However, to avoid a conflict and cause no harm to passengers it was decided to permit the flights later.
“Negotiations with the air company are under way and the debt should be paid off in the near future,” he said.

Source: panarmenian.net