ARMAVIA ACQUIRES NEW A-319 PLANE

Noyan Tapan
May 18 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 18, the airline Armavia
acquired a A-319 plane of the Airbus company on leasing. The plane
was manufactured in late 2004, in the French city of Toulouse,
and was operated for a year – from 2004 to December 2005 by the
CIT company (U.S). According to Armavia’s press release, prior to
being sent to Armenia, the plane underwent technical servicing in
Mexico. This 134-seat plane has 8 business class seats and 126 econom
class ones. Armavia has an A-320 plane, two A-319 and a YAK-42. The
company is conducting negotiations on acquiring on leasing a
70-75 seat CRG plane of U.S. production. According to the press
release, all medium-term and long-term projects of Armavia are in
force. Particularly, work is underway to open Yerevan-New York-Los
Angeles and Yerevan-Milan flights.