ARMAVIA LAUNCHES DIRECT FLIGHTS TO BIRMINGHAM
/ARKA/
September 30, 2010
YEREVAN
Armenia’s national carrier Armavia launched Tuesday a new flight
connecting Armenian capital Yerevan with Birmingham in Great
Britain. The flight is operated by Airbus A319 aircraft. The airline
will now operate flights to Yerevan and on to Delhi every Tuesday,
departing Birmingham. It hopes to attract passengers wanting to reach
both Armenia and India to visit friends and relatives. The Airbus
will have eight business class seats and 126 economy seats.
Illarion Gharibyan, deputy director general, for theã~@~@ airline said:
“There are 20,000 people in the UK of Armenian descent and people
can currently only access flights to Armenia from Heathrow so the
Birmingham operation will provide more choice for those wanting to
reach Yerevan.
“Birmingham is at a very important phase of its development and we are
very excited to be joining the Birmingham team at this time,” he said.
Paul Kehoe, the Birmingham airport’s chief executive officer, said:
“Not only will Armavia Airlines offer people a brand new service to
Armenia, it will provide another welcome connection to India, which
will be of particular interest to the 200,000 Indian people living in
the Midlands.” Round trip fares to Yerevan start from £325 excluding
taxes and to Delhi from £205.
Armavia launched this year direct flights to New Delhi, Tel-Aviv,
Teheran, Barcelona and will open soon a flight to Beijing.
Armavia was established in 1996. In 2005 its all shares were purchased
by Mika Ltd of Mikhail Baghdasarov. The company operates 102 flights
a week to 35 destinations in 20 countries. In 2009 it flew 700,000
passengers. The company’s fleet comprises 9 aircrafts- Ð~P320-3,
Ð~P319-3, CRJ-200, ЯÐ~Z-42-VIP.
From: A. Papazian