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Etihad Airways will discontinue services to Yerevan

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will discontinue services to Yerevan in Armenia, as part of its network and schedule adjustments for the summer 2015 season. Flights between Abu Dhabi and Yerevan will continue to operate as normal under the current four-times-per-week frequency until 1 September 2015, allowing passengers with existing bookings over the summer season to complete their journey with Etihad Airways. An Etihad Airways spokesperson said: “The service has been well received by the community in Armenia following the launch last year, and customer feedback remains very positive, with travellers welcoming Etihad Airways’ award-winning products and services. “We regularly review our operating schedules to ensure we are utilising our aircraft to capitalise on traffic flows and to meet market demands. We will continue to evaluate opportunities in the future. “We will also be working with our local staff impacted by this decision, to explore alternative employment opportunities with our local partners in Yerevan, or across the Etihad Airways global network.” Etihad Airways regrets any inconvenience this network adjustment may cause. Along with travel agency partners, the company will notify affected guests of the changes to their itineraries and re-accommodate them on other flights that meet their travel needs.

http://news.am/eng/news/264759.html#sthash.FGxXr4sU.dpuf

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Let me get this straight. Russia refuses Armenian Airline operations in his airspace and Armenian Airline will not get a permission to land in Russisn airports? Some fcking ally, whats up with this?

Yes, Air Armenia was stripped of its permission to operate in Russia because it had outstanding debts.

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YEREVAN -- Air Armenia, a passengar and cargo airline based in Yerevan, has suspended all passenger flights until at least December 20 over financial difficulties that the firm is blaming on Russia.

Air Armenia says it is unable to continue regular passenger services because of a “panic” among investors and customers over a statement by Russia's federal air navigation service.

Russia's Rosaeronavigatsia announced on September 11 that it would ban Air Armenia from operating flights to Russian cities unless the company paid its outstanding debts by September 21.

Air Armenia said the statement damaged its business reputation and that, as a result, its fleet was reduced to one aircraft.

Other than Russian cities, the airline had been flying to Paris, Frankfurt, and Athens.

Air Armenia was founded as a cargo airline in 2003 and began operating commercial passenger flights in 2013 after the bankruptcy of Armavia.

http://www.rferl.org/content/air-armenia-blames-russia-for-flight-suspensions/26666666.html

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From Armenian Airlines to Armavia to Air Armenia, which got bankrupt lately. How can Armenia not have a national carrier. How can the diaspora keep its ties with the motherland when an Armenian residing in London needs to fly 8 hours through another country?

Also, if Armenia is sanctioned for some reason, we will be in serious trouble, since we do not have our own carrier.

This is a serious topic, which I thought should be discussed here. Your contribution is highly appreciated.

Let me get this straight. Russia refuses Armenian Airline operations in his airspace and Armenian Airline will not get a permission to land in Russisn airports? Some fcking ally, whats up with this?

Anyway Armenia needs an good operating airline with maintenance done in Armenia by trained Mechs and the pilots should be all Armenian. You can have another large carrier but not sure if its needed. Look at Australia, they only have one major air carrier.
We also need small commuter airlines for smaller hops. We need more Runways, airports, hangers, and our own aviation accident investigation (like NTSB) and also create and government branch of aviation administration and regulations.

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ATTENTION
On the 22th of October it has turned a year, as the airline “Air Armenia” has been implementing transportation of passengers. This is reported by the press service of the airline “Air Armenia”. The report, particularly, is transmitted as follows: "Over the past year airline “Air Armenia”, as the only Armenian air carrier, served passengers implementing flights to Russia and Europe.

The year for airline “Air Armenia”, as for the only Armenian air carrier, was full of both achievements and undesired, unexpected events. According to the extended information, during the summer there were taken some measures to obstruct the activity of the airline, aiming to discomfit the Armenian air carrier. This can create desirable conditions for foreign airlines to provide independent policy and monopoly control over the Armenian sky.

On September 11 of this year, through the media sources Russian air navigation stated that airline “Air Armenia” was going to be disabled to realize flights to Russian Federation since the 21th of September. This announcement caused a great harm and a lot of trouble for the only Armenian air carrier.

The statement of Russian air navigation was also spread in Armenia by the Armenian media sources, which led to the fall of airline prestige, causing huge financial losses. The statement brought up a panic among the passengers, the creditors and the debetors. Many passengers began returning already purchased air tickets. A huge mass of the passengers refused being served by the Armenian air carrier. Ticket sales dropped by, more than, 60%. While all the lenders were demanding their money back, ignoring the previous agreement on the transfer schedule, the debetors refused to transfer the money got from the air ticket sales, bringing the possibility of ticket returns as an explanation. In this case they would have to return the money back to passengers.

The two airplanes, operated by airline “Air Armenia” are now in the Netherlands, getting some maintenance. Maintenance of the airplanes is a mandatory procedure that is implemented in the framework of the agreement with the company, giving these airplanes on credit.

In addition to the panic and uncertainty of the society, A320 owners demanded the planned maintenance of an airplane and a non-planned one of another airplane as well. They insisted on holding the maintaining process in the airport of theirs so as to be safe. Surprisingly, the airline “Air Armenia” managed to find the energy, strength and resources to organize some flights with just one airplane.

The disinformation, spread by 1in.am on the 2nd of October also caused a lot of serious problems for airline “Air Armenia” causing even more losses. Air ticket sales in Armenia decreased by 80%. At the same time, many agents held the revenue in case of possible return of the money.

As a result, the profit dropped to a critical minimum, and the transportation of passengers was impossible. In this situation, the airline has decided to take some radical actions leading to financial reconstruction, flights graphic’s improving until the 20th of December, making an emphasis on the flights being highly demanded.

At the current time, we plan to collect some financial sources to be able to get back the 2 A320 airplanes, so as to go live with all the flights according to the winter schedule, announced previously starting from December 20.

The only Armenian airline “Air Armenia” thanks all the loyal passengers and partners, bringing apologies for this unpleasant situation and the inconvenience.

http://www.air.am/en/attention/57/

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From Armenian Airlines to Armavia to Air Armenia, which got bankrupt lately. How can Armenia not have a national carrier. How can the diaspora keep its ties with the motherland when an Armenian residing in London needs to fly 8 hours through another country?

Also, if Armenia is sanctioned for some reason, we will be in serious trouble, since we do not have our own carrier.

This is a serious topic, which I thought should be discussed here. Your contribution is highly appreciated.