Asbarez: Has Armenia Opened its Airspace to Azerbaijani Flights?

Hambik Zargarian 2021

September 8, 2021


A screen capture from Flight Radar shows a flight from Azerbaijan to Nakhichevan flying over Armenia

For the first time in 30 years, a passenger flight originating in Azerbaijan and headed to Turkey flew over Armenia’s airspace, according to the Flight Radar website.

While Armenian officials have not commented on the matter, the pro-Azerbaijani Vestik Kavkaz website seized on the opportunity to declare that “Armenia has opened its airspace to Azerbaijani flights for the first time in 30 years.”

According to Flight Radar, a Turkish Airline Boeing 737 flight from Gyanja (Gandzag) to Nakhichevan on Saturday flew over Lake Sevan and thus the Gegharkunik Province, which is one of the areas where Azerbaijani forces have breached Armenia’s sovereign border and have advanced position inside Armenia.

Flight Radar said the Turkish Airlines the 35-minute flight left Gyandza at 9:57 local time and arrived in Nakhichevan at 10:32 p.m.

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