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NATIONAL AIR CARRIER OF KUWAIT ASKS ARMENIA TO LET IT USE YEREVAN AIRPORT AS A TRANSIT POINT
ARMINFO
Wednesday, February 6, 17:37
The Government of Armenia has been negotiating with the national
air carriers of Armenia and Kuwait for 2 years to form a mutual
interest in fulfillment of regular mutual flights, Artyom Movsisyan,
Head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, said
in Parliament on Wednesday. He has submitted the intergovernmental
Armenian-Kuwaiti agreement "On air communication" for ratification.
Movsisyan said that Armenia creates a necessary legal field to launch
the project. During the talks, Kuwait came out with an initiative
to provide the national air carrier of Kuwait with privileges to
use Zvartnots airport of Yerevan as a transit point. The national
air carrier of Kuwait has announced its intention to make flights
from Yerevan to Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria,
Azerbaijan, etc. The Kuwaiti party also asks its Armenian colleagues
for an opportunity to attract Armenian passengers. The given issue was
discussed, however, Armavia found this project unreasonable. Movsisyan
pointed out that Armenia is ready to discuss the issue on providing
Kuwait with additional proposals given the national air carrier's
interests.
To note, in the December interview with ArmInfo, Kuwaiti Ambassador
to Armenia Bassam Mohammed Al-Qabandi expressed his concern over the
postponement of signing of the agreement between the air carriers
of Armenia and Kuwait. "The civil aviation departments of the two
countries need an agreement wherein they must observe the parity
principles in line of the rules of ICAO, and an opportunity should
be provided for the use of the fifth freedom right", he said in
his interview.
On January 31 Zvartnots Airport of Yerevan was proclaimed the nest
airport of the CIS. It became the leader in the contest "The airports
of developing countries". The results of the contest were published
during a conference in Dubai. The contest was held by Arabian Reach
and has over 20 nominations (including "The Best Airport of the
World", "The Best Airport of the Middle East", "The Best Airport of
Europe"). The winners were determined by the results of online voting.
The prize was awarded to the general manager of Armenia - International
Airports company, which manages Zvartnots airport.
Zvartnots airport was built in 1961. Later it was modernized. In
2011 a new passenger terminal was launched, which serves up to 3.5
mln passengers per year. In 2012 the passenger operations via the
Yerevan airport totaled 1.7 mln people. Cargo transportation totaled
about 19 thsd tons.
ARMINFO
Wednesday, February 6, 17:37
The Government of Armenia has been negotiating with the national
air carriers of Armenia and Kuwait for 2 years to form a mutual
interest in fulfillment of regular mutual flights, Artyom Movsisyan,
Head of the General Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia, said
in Parliament on Wednesday. He has submitted the intergovernmental
Armenian-Kuwaiti agreement "On air communication" for ratification.
Movsisyan said that Armenia creates a necessary legal field to launch
the project. During the talks, Kuwait came out with an initiative
to provide the national air carrier of Kuwait with privileges to
use Zvartnots airport of Yerevan as a transit point. The national
air carrier of Kuwait has announced its intention to make flights
from Yerevan to Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria,
Azerbaijan, etc. The Kuwaiti party also asks its Armenian colleagues
for an opportunity to attract Armenian passengers. The given issue was
discussed, however, Armavia found this project unreasonable. Movsisyan
pointed out that Armenia is ready to discuss the issue on providing
Kuwait with additional proposals given the national air carrier's
interests.
To note, in the December interview with ArmInfo, Kuwaiti Ambassador
to Armenia Bassam Mohammed Al-Qabandi expressed his concern over the
postponement of signing of the agreement between the air carriers
of Armenia and Kuwait. "The civil aviation departments of the two
countries need an agreement wherein they must observe the parity
principles in line of the rules of ICAO, and an opportunity should
be provided for the use of the fifth freedom right", he said in
his interview.
On January 31 Zvartnots Airport of Yerevan was proclaimed the nest
airport of the CIS. It became the leader in the contest "The airports
of developing countries". The results of the contest were published
during a conference in Dubai. The contest was held by Arabian Reach
and has over 20 nominations (including "The Best Airport of the
World", "The Best Airport of the Middle East", "The Best Airport of
Europe"). The winners were determined by the results of online voting.
The prize was awarded to the general manager of Armenia - International
Airports company, which manages Zvartnots airport.
Zvartnots airport was built in 1961. Later it was modernized. In
2011 a new passenger terminal was launched, which serves up to 3.5
mln passengers per year. In 2012 the passenger operations via the
Yerevan airport totaled 1.7 mln people. Cargo transportation totaled
about 19 thsd tons.