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ARMENIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE RESUMING FLIGHTS TO SYRIA ON REQUEST FROM THE CATHOLICOS
Interfax
June 29 2012
Russia
Yerevan, June 29, Interfax - Armenia's national airline, Armavia, is
due to resume on July 2 regular flights to Aleppo, a Syrian city where
the majority of the Arab country's ethnic Armenian community lives,
after suspending them in March due to due to the domestic political
crisis in Syria, company spokeswoman Nana Avetisova said.
"In view of great demand for Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flights and a
request from the Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians it has been
decided to resume traffic," Avetisova told Interfax.
Initially there would be one flight per week in each direction,
but there would be more flights afterward if necessary, she said.
There are 60,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria. Aleppo is home to 45,000
of them.
Earlier, foreign Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanyan made an
entry on his Facebook page urging the Armenian government to help
Syria's ethnic Armenians.
Yerevan-Aleppo flights have been suspended since March 25, 2012.
Interfax
June 29 2012
Russia
Yerevan, June 29, Interfax - Armenia's national airline, Armavia, is
due to resume on July 2 regular flights to Aleppo, a Syrian city where
the majority of the Arab country's ethnic Armenian community lives,
after suspending them in March due to due to the domestic political
crisis in Syria, company spokeswoman Nana Avetisova said.
"In view of great demand for Yerevan-Aleppo-Yerevan flights and a
request from the Catholicos Karekin II of All Armenians it has been
decided to resume traffic," Avetisova told Interfax.
Initially there would be one flight per week in each direction,
but there would be more flights afterward if necessary, she said.
There are 60,000 ethnic Armenians in Syria. Aleppo is home to 45,000
of them.
Earlier, foreign Armenian foreign minister Vartan Oskanyan made an
entry on his Facebook page urging the Armenian government to help
Syria's ethnic Armenians.
Yerevan-Aleppo flights have been suspended since March 25, 2012.