TATUL MANASERYAN SAYS AVIATION IS UNSATISFACTORY

Lragir.am
23 May 06

Member of Parliament Tatul Manaseryan, Ardarutiun Alliance, has piled
up reference material, proving that the state of aviation in Armenia
is below satisfactory.

According to Tatul Manaseryan, in Armavia “the money passengers pay
for the luggage is appropriated by marking a lower weight of luggage
in statements, manpower “massacres” continue: thousands of workers
were fired, including 3000 qualifies pilots, the social problems of
the fired personnel were not solved. The parity of flights was not
observed, 67 percent of flights are foreign companies, 33 percent the
Armenian party, which are owned by a foreigner as well, so Armavia does
not pay profit tax to the state budget of Armenia. 67 percent of shares
of Armavia, which is considered Armenian party, belong to S7 Airlines,
33 percent is owned by a citizen of another country. Consequently,
Armavia does not have a legal relation with Armenia.”

After presenting this series of shortcomings and gaps, the member of
parliament stated, “The citizens of Armenia as well as the Armenian
companies cannot carry out flights, in addition, the government of
Armenia cannot control the civil aviation.” And finally a conclusion
that is not less painful. “The profit from the flights of Armavia and
the other companies flow out of the country, undermining the economy
and the budget of Armenia, the national money, and the national and
economic security generally.”

“The exclusive role of the Armenian aviation may never become reality
unless it gets rid of the harmful developments and negative tendencies
existing in this sphere since the declaration of independence,”
alarms Tatul Manaseryan.