"ARMAVIA" AIRLINE PLANS TO ORGANIZE DIRECT FLIGHTS TO LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK

Noyan Tapan

Dec 17, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Armavia airline is carrying
out work for organization of direct flights to Los Angeles and New
York. The deputy director general for production and technical issues
of the airline Aram Yeghoyan said at the December 17 press conference
that this issue will be solved in the near future. According to him,
the airline employs 51 pilots.

It has 4 Airbus planes and will purchase another one in March.

The head of Armavia’s aviation security service Rafael Avetikian said
that based on the ICAO requirements, security problems-related audits
have been conducted at the company for about a year. He announced
that Armavia has successfully passed the first stage of the audit:
according to experts, more than 900 criteria of the airline’s security
are in line with international standards.

R. Avetikian noted that the number of undisciplined passengers grows
year by year, which gives cause for concern as some of them try to
smoke or take alcoholic drinks aboard.