ArmenPress
Jan 27 2005
ARMENIAN LEADING CARRIER POSTS 2004 ACHIEVEMENTS
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s largest commercial
carrier, Armavia, said today it operated in 2004 375 flights, having
transported 430.9 thousand passengers and secured a 42% growth over
the previous year.
The company transported also 1.5 thousand tons of cargoes and
mail, reporting a 40% growth. The majority of passengers, 82.6
percent, were transported throughout the CIS. The share of “Armavia”
in the total passenger turnover throughout Armenia in 2004 increased
11% making 41%. The seats occupancy was 66.7% and the commercial load
was 59.7%.
The number of flights in the regular timetable of “Armavia”
reached 20. New flights to Ashkhabad and Tehran were added. Besides,
Armavia started flights from “Gyumri” airport to Russian
Rostov-on-Don, Anapa, Mineralniye Vodi and Stavropol on May 21.
General director of “Armavia” Air Company Andrey Nikitin was
quoted as saying that the year 2004 was a year of development of new
and already existing directions and establishment of cooperation with
leading air carriers in the world. Basing on these achievements, in
2005 “Armavia” intends to take a leading position in the market of
transit air transportation from Armenia to Europe, America and Far
East, as well as to increase transit flow from Siberia and Far East
through Zvartnots airport to the countries of Middle East, Europe and
CIS.
Besides, last year a special attention was paid to development of
transfers. The frequency of flights to Moscow and Novosibirsk was
considerably increased. Such a schedule allows an effective link of
the remote networks of “Armavia” and its strategic partner, “Siberia”
Airline, as well as their use for transit flights both from Armenia
to the towns in Siberia and Far East and from Siberia and Far East to
the countries of Middle East, Europe and CIS.
In February and May, 2004, another two modern middle distance
liners A320-211 produced by the company Airbus Industrie arrived in
Yerevan and started their flights. At present, “Armavia”‘s air fleet
consists of four West European airbuses A320, besides by one TU-134
and An-24 are leased and exploited.
In May 2004 “Armavia” Air Company officially became the full
member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).