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    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
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