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STEPANKERT AIRPORTS STANDS CERTIFICATION TEST
/ARKA/
September 27, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. The civic airport in Stepanakert, the
capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, has successfully passed the certification
process and is ready to launch first commercial flights to and
from Karabakh, Tigran Gabrielian, chief of staff of Civil Aviation
Department of Karabakh, was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying.
"A commission of the Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia has
made a series of checks to decide Stepanakert airport's compliance
with the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO). The test was successful, and soon the airport will receive
a certificate," he said.
Gabrielian said initially the airport will be able to handle 100
passengers a day. The flights will be operated by recently established
Air Artsakh airline.
Azerbaijani authorities would warn of "corresponding measures" if
Nagorno-Karabakh resumed flights. The Azerbaijani State Civil Aviation
Administration said that the planned Yerevan-Stepanakert flights would
constitute an "invasion" of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized
airspace and that "taking corresponding measures in connection with
that is inevitable
But in a statement issued in July, the U.S., Russian, and French
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group said they "received renewed
assurances from the sides that they will reject any threat or use of
force against civil aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic
steps, and refrain from politicizing the issue."
"The co-chairs reaffirmed that operation of this (Stepanakert)
airport cannot be used to support any claim of a change in the status
of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the sides to act in accordance with
international law and consistent with current practice for flights
over their territory," the statement added without elaborating.
/ARKA/
September 27, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. The civic airport in Stepanakert, the
capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, has successfully passed the certification
process and is ready to launch first commercial flights to and
from Karabakh, Tigran Gabrielian, chief of staff of Civil Aviation
Department of Karabakh, was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying.
"A commission of the Chief Civil Aviation Department of Armenia has
made a series of checks to decide Stepanakert airport's compliance
with the requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization
(ICAO). The test was successful, and soon the airport will receive
a certificate," he said.
Gabrielian said initially the airport will be able to handle 100
passengers a day. The flights will be operated by recently established
Air Artsakh airline.
Azerbaijani authorities would warn of "corresponding measures" if
Nagorno-Karabakh resumed flights. The Azerbaijani State Civil Aviation
Administration said that the planned Yerevan-Stepanakert flights would
constitute an "invasion" of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized
airspace and that "taking corresponding measures in connection with
that is inevitable
But in a statement issued in July, the U.S., Russian, and French
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group said they "received renewed
assurances from the sides that they will reject any threat or use of
force against civil aircraft, pursue the matter through diplomatic
steps, and refrain from politicizing the issue."
"The co-chairs reaffirmed that operation of this (Stepanakert)
airport cannot be used to support any claim of a change in the status
of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged the sides to act in accordance with
international law and consistent with current practice for flights
over their territory," the statement added without elaborating.