Armavia resumes flights to Larnaca
08.01.2010 16:40 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armavia Airway Company resumes flights to Cyprus.
Starting February 23, 2010, flights to Larnaca will be available via
Yerevan-Beirut-Larnaca route, company’s press service reported.
Armavia Airway Company LLC is the national air carrier of the Republic
of Armenia. The company was founded in 1996. Currently the company is
operating about 250 flights to over 30 countries of the world.
Larnaca’ is a city of the Republic of Cyprus situated on the southern
coast of Cyprus. It has a population of 72,000 (2001) and is the
island’s second largest commercial port and an important tourist
resort. The island’s largest airport, Larnaca International Airport is
located on the outskirts of the city.
Larnaca was founded by Phoenicians and was known as Kition, or (in
Latin) Citium. The biblical name Kittim, though derived from Citium,
was in fact used quite generally for Cyprus as a whole, and
occasionally by the Jews for the Greeks and Romans.
Larnaca is colloquially known as "Skala" meaning "ladder" or "landing
stage", referring to the town’s status in history as an important
port.