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AIR FLIGHTS' SECURITY IS NOT GUARANTEED IN ARMENIA, ECONOMIST TATUL MANASERIAN STATES
Noyan Tapan
Jul 26, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. A special commission should be
created for studying the current problems of security in Armenian
civil aviation.
Economist Tatul Manaserian said this during the July 26 discussion
at the Center for National and International Studies. In his words,
as far back as in 2003, Samvel Margarian, the former Chief of the
Armenian Civil Aviation's General Department, had sent a letter to the
Defence Minister, in which he said that the department cannot provide
flights' security, but no step has been taken so far. The problem has
not been studied even after the accident of Armavia airline's A-320
plane at Sochi airport.
According to T. Manaserian, though a number of airlines are officially
registered in the aviation sphere, in fact, there is a monopoly in
the sphere. Small airlines do not implement flights and are only
engaged in sale of foreign airlines' tickets.
Touching upon the agreement on handing over Zvartnots airport to
Argentine Armenian businessman Eduardo Ernekian for concession
management, T. Manaserian said that it does not include either a
program of sphere's development, or budget commitments proceeding from
the program. Though no revenues are expected to be received by the
RA budget from this sphere, the civil aviation sphere can annually
provide profit of up to 4bn USD (nearly 120m drams).
Noyan Tapan
Jul 26, 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. A special commission should be
created for studying the current problems of security in Armenian
civil aviation.
Economist Tatul Manaserian said this during the July 26 discussion
at the Center for National and International Studies. In his words,
as far back as in 2003, Samvel Margarian, the former Chief of the
Armenian Civil Aviation's General Department, had sent a letter to the
Defence Minister, in which he said that the department cannot provide
flights' security, but no step has been taken so far. The problem has
not been studied even after the accident of Armavia airline's A-320
plane at Sochi airport.
According to T. Manaserian, though a number of airlines are officially
registered in the aviation sphere, in fact, there is a monopoly in
the sphere. Small airlines do not implement flights and are only
engaged in sale of foreign airlines' tickets.
Touching upon the agreement on handing over Zvartnots airport to
Argentine Armenian businessman Eduardo Ernekian for concession
management, T. Manaserian said that it does not include either a
program of sphere's development, or budget commitments proceeding from
the program. Though no revenues are expected to be received by the
RA budget from this sphere, the civil aviation sphere can annually
provide profit of up to 4bn USD (nearly 120m drams).