The Baltic Course, Latvia
May 29 2008
Armavia to start flying from Yerevan to Riga
Armenian airline Armavia will start operating flights between Riga and
Armenia's capital city Yerevan.
Representatives from Armavia and the Riga International Airport will
give a press conference on June 2 to inform about the launch of the
flights between Riga and Yerevan, as the airport's press secretary
Martins Langrats informed LETA. Riga Airport board chairman Krisjanis
Peters, board member and vice president Janis Balkens, Armavia
director general Norair Belluyan and other executives from the airline
will take part in the press conference, informs LETA.
Armavia is Armenia's national airline and the leader on the Armenian
aviation market, it was founded in 1996 by Aviafin and Mika Armenia
Trading.
The airline employs more than 550 people overall, it offers flights
from Armenia to Russia and C.I.S. countries as well as to Europe and
Middle East.
Armavia performs more than 70 regular flights to thirteen countries
each week. Armavia is a second foreign airline to start flying to Riga
this year. At the beginning of May, Germany's low-cost airline
"Germanwings" launched flights between Riga and Cologne.
Peters said earlier that one more foreign airline would start
operating flights to Riga this year. Latvian national airline
airBaltic has been offering flights from Riga to Yerevan since April
this year.
May 29 2008
Armavia to start flying from Yerevan to Riga
Armenian airline Armavia will start operating flights between Riga and
Armenia's capital city Yerevan.
Representatives from Armavia and the Riga International Airport will
give a press conference on June 2 to inform about the launch of the
flights between Riga and Yerevan, as the airport's press secretary
Martins Langrats informed LETA. Riga Airport board chairman Krisjanis
Peters, board member and vice president Janis Balkens, Armavia
director general Norair Belluyan and other executives from the airline
will take part in the press conference, informs LETA.
Armavia is Armenia's national airline and the leader on the Armenian
aviation market, it was founded in 1996 by Aviafin and Mika Armenia
Trading.
The airline employs more than 550 people overall, it offers flights
from Armenia to Russia and C.I.S. countries as well as to Europe and
Middle East.
Armavia performs more than 70 regular flights to thirteen countries
each week. Armavia is a second foreign airline to start flying to Riga
this year. At the beginning of May, Germany's low-cost airline
"Germanwings" launched flights between Riga and Cologne.
Peters said earlier that one more foreign airline would start
operating flights to Riga this year. Latvian national airline
airBaltic has been offering flights from Riga to Yerevan since April
this year.