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Armavia responded to reports in local media that the national air carrier recently had delayed its Yerevan-Rome, Yerevan–Rostov-on-Don, Yerevan-Tehran and Yerevan-Deli flights and cancelled its Yerevan-Munich-Yerevan and Rome-Yerevan flights.
According to the Zvartnots airport online flight schedule, Armavia flights U8 508 Yerevan-Moscow (Domodedovo), which was supposed to depart at 2:50 am, as well as flight U8 315 Yerevan-Amman (set to depart at 9:10 am) Wednesday were cancelled. In addition, an Armavia flight to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don (Rostov-na-Donu) departed at 7 am today — after a 20-hour delay.
Earlier, the site had noted that another Yerevan-Moscow (Domodedovo airport) flight, scheduled for 9:45 am, was delayed by 3 hours.
Armavia press spokesperson Nana Avetisova, in response to a request by Epress.am, issued a statement in which it said that Yerevan-Munich flights are not due to launch till Apr. 21, while the Yerevan-Rome flight is due to take off today.
“The remaining flights listed on the flight schedule have taken off on time. The Yerevan-Rome flight is delayed because two of our aircraft are currently being repaired. One airplane is on a one-week business trip to Seychelles, while the other is malfunctioning. Another plane which was being repaired is set to return today. After this, there will be no delays in flights,” reads the press statement.
Recall, on Mar. 16, Armavia delayed its flights by one hour in protest against high prices set by Yerevan’s Zvartnots international airport.
On that day, Avetisova informed the press that “Zvartnots’ airport services are three times more expensive than Moscow airports and on average two times more expensive than in Europe (1.5 times more expensive than Paris airports; 2.5 times more than in Rome).”
Earlier, Armenia International Airports press spokesperson Gevorg Abrahamyan accused Armavia of unpaid taxes. For this reason, the Yerevan-Moscow flight was delayed. Later, a Zvartnots representative said air service was restored, while negotiations with the airline for settling its debt were underway.