ARMENIAN "ARMAVIA" TO LAUNCH NEW FLIGHTS TO ZURICH, BERLIN, MARSEILLE AND TEHERAN IN 2009
ARKA
Dec 9, 2008
YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. Armenian Armavia air company is
opening new flights to Zurich, Berlin, Marseille and Teheran in
2009, Commercial Director of the company Julien Dufour told a press
conference Monday.
Yerevan-Zurich-Yerevan flights are to be launched late March 2009
and be operated every Tuesday and Thursday.
Armavia has signed a transit agreement with the Swiss Air giving its
passengers an opportunity to travel to any European city via Zurich,
Dufour said.
Yerevan-Berlin-Yerevan is to be operated on Tuesdays and Fridays
starting from April 14. Berlin will also be a transit city for
Armavia’s passengers traveling to any city of German or Europe.
The company is also to recommence Marseille-Yerevan-Marseille flight
in May next year and to operate it every Saturday in the beginning,
and twice a week starting from late June giving the passengers an
opportunity of transit flights to any city in Southern France and
better connections for traveling to Spanish cities, Dufour said.
Yerevan-Tehran0-Yerevan to be opened in April will be operated twice
a week.
Armavia national air company is the leader at Armenia’s aviation
market.
The company was established in 1996 by Aviafin Ltd and Mika Armenia
Trading Ltd. In June 2005, Mikhail Baghdasarov, President of Mika
Armenia Trading Ltd, became the full owner of the company.
The company operates over 70 regular flights a week to countries of
the CIS, Middle East and Europe.
The aircraft fleet of the company contains two A320, two A319,
a Boing 737-300, a Soviet made Yak-42, a Tu-134, an Il-86 and a
Canadian CRJ-100ER.