Armavia will continue negotiations with Zvartnots over service prices
13.03.2012,
12:33
Armenia’s national airline Armavia will continue on Tuesday negotiations with Yerevan Zvartnots airport over service prices, Nana Avetisova, a spokeswoman for Armavia, told ARKA.
YEREVAN, March 13, /ARKA/. Armenia’s national airline Armavia will continue on Tuesday negotiations with Yerevan Zvartnots airport over service prices, Nana Avetisova, a spokeswoman for Armavia, told ARKA.
On March 6 Armavia announced an open-ended strike after failed negotiations with Zvartnots international airport over reducing service and other prices. However, the company resumed its flights the same day until March 13 saying it expected the airport to reduce prices by that date.
"Negotiations will continue today. Once we have any result, we will announce it," Avetisova said.
She added that the airline is operating all flights in a normal mode.
Armavia was also locked in a similar dispute with Russia’s Rosnavigatsia air navigation agency, which refused to authorize Armavia flights to Russia on March 6 citing Armavia’s failure to pay for navigation services provided to it from December through February. But on the same day the ban was lifted after Rosnavigatsia received written debt repayment assurances from Armavia. Rosnavigatsia said Armavia pledged to repay part of the December debt totaling $178,000 by March 20.
Armavia was founded in 1996. In 2005 all its shares were acquired by businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. The company operates more than 100 flights a week to over 40 destinations in 20 countries. It owns and runs Airbus, CRJ, Boeing, as well as Sukhoi Superjet aircrafts.
Armenia - International Airports operates Zvartnots airport in accordance with the 30-year concession agreement, signed with the Armenian government in 2001. The company is owned by Argentinean American International Airports, which belongs to the Argentine Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian. -0-
