PARK OF "ARMAVIA" COMPANY FILLED UP WITH CRJ-200 "BOMBARDIER" AIRPLANE

ARMENPRESS
Sep 29, 2009

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: The airplane park of "Armavia"
Armenian airlines has been filled up with a new airplane. Yesterday
CRJ-200 "Bombardier" plane has been brought to Armenia. Owner of the
airlines Mikhail Baghdasarov told journalists that the airplane will
implement flights to Minvodi, Stavropol, Voronezh, Zurich, Athens
and Rome. It can transport 50 passengers.

According to him the new airplane will contribute to the increase
of the profitability of the airlines and the decrease of the ticket
prices. M. Baghdasarov noted that such an airplane will be exploited
in Armenia for the first time. He said that the necessity for such a
plane is that in winter the flow of passengers reduces and the planes
become unprofitable.

"For a long time we were seeking for a plane which would be profitable
in winter, small in sizes, comfortable, fast and at the same time
ensuring low ticket prices," M. Baghdasarov noted.

According to him one of the most important issues the state faces is
the issue of decrease of prices for air tickets, and it will be able
to be settled as the CRJ-200 plane is economizing and compared with
other planes demands less fuel. Such planes are also profitable from
the viewpoint of opening of new flights when the flow of passengers
is small at the beginning.

The owner of the company noted that the plane has been purchased
from a German air company. But he did not wish to issue the title of
the company and the price of the deal. M. Baghdasarov said that the
Company will continue to fill up its airplane park but everything
will be done cautiously and in accordance with the business plans.

"The activity of the company presents three phases. At the beginning
it used old foreign airplanes, then rented new ones, but now the
third round started when the company buys airplanes making them its
property," M. Baghdasarov said.

"Armavia" Air Company is a member of International Air Transport
Association (IATA).

lights in 30 directions – CIS states, Europe, Middle East. The airplane
park of the Company consists of A-319, A-320, IL-86, TU-134 planes.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress