DISCOUNT AIRLINE TICKETS PRICES COULD BE RAISED

Panorama.am
19:15 21/08/2007

To speak about the effect on Armenia of the planned raising of
prices in the Russian aviation market is still early. A member of
the management of Armavia revealed this to a panorama.am journalist,
yet chose not to be present for an interview. We remind that the head
of a Russian transport agency, Yevgeni Bachurin, that those serving
the Russian transportation system would be raising their prices by
up to 40%.

According to the Armavia representative, the question of discount
prices can only be decided by reciprocal agreements. "Only we and
the Russians serve the Yerevan-Moscow route. What would happen if
our ticket price was less than theirs? Especially now, when demand
is less," our interviewee surprisingly stated.

Further analyzing the situation, we asked if it wasn’t possible for
them to raise their prices first, to keep things on a equal field,
to which they answered "It’s too soon to say."