ARMAVIA CARRIES ITS 100,000TH PASSENGER IN 2009

ArmInfo
2009-03-23 20:33:00

ArmInfo. Armavia air company has carried its 100,000th passenger in
2009: it was British citizen Hue Christie, who flew from Yerevan to
Tbilisi. Mr Christie was given flowers and a special present and
his economy class ticket was replaced by a business class one. He
said that he was happy to visit Armenia as Armenians were friendly
and hospitable.

It should be noted that Mr Christie booked his ticket by internet. The
rate of online ticket booking is constantly growing and is almost
20% for the moment, says the commercial director of Armavia Tereza
Kazaryan.

To remind, the daily Yerevan-Tbilisi-Yerevan flight was opened Mar
14 2009.

In 2008 Armavia carried almost 640,000 passengers.