ArmenPress
Aug 3 2004

164,000 PASSENGERS USED ARMAVIA IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR

YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS: In the first quarter of the year,
Armavia air company transported 164,000 passengers, 700 tones of
cargo and post. CIS countries made 86.7 percent of total flights.
According to Armavia public relations sources, the share of Armavia
in air companies of Armenia grew by 18 percent and made some 38
percent. By 2003, April 15 there were only two regular flights at
Armavia – Yerevan-Moscow and Yerevan-Istanbul. Today their number
totals 20. The technical base of the company was enriched by two
Airbus Industry modern planes in February and May of the running
year. Today Armavia has 4 A320-211 planes at its disposal in addition
to two Soviet production planes on rent – Tu-134 and AN-24.
Since May of the running year, Armavia has joined International
Air Transport Association (IATA). Today IATA consists of 270 leading
air companies of the world. Armavia has concluded interline
agreements with dozens of air companies, including Swiss Air (LX),
Turkish Airlines (TK), American Airlines (AA), Royal Jordan (RJ),
Spanair (JK), British Airways (BA).